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ASP hoax

 

This hoax tries defame the Association of Shareware Professionals, claiming that they have distributed a virus. It also advices people against using ASP software before contacting ASP officials.

Here's an example of the hoax:

 

      Virus Alert! Please Forward and Distribute Immediately!
      Virus Alert! Please Forward and Distribute Immediately!
      Virus Alert! Please Forward and Distribute Immediately!
      Virus Alert! Please Forward and Distribute Immediately!
                      _______
                 ____|__     |             (R)
              --|       |    |-----------------
                |   ____|__  |  Association of
                |  |       |_|  Shareware
                |__|   o   |    Professionals
              -----|   |   |-------------------
                   |___|___|

      A computer virus was distributed by  the  Association
      of Shareware Professionals. The ASP wants to make sure
      that the shareware  principle works  for you. To prevent
      this virus from getting into the hands of children or
      people who might deliberately or accidentally cause
      harm, you are requested to contact these officials for
      clarification before using any software displaying the
      logo shown above.

      Bill Dickson    [email protected]
      Tim Bougan      [email protected]
      Harold Holmes   [email protected]
      Tom Guthery     [email protected]
      Ross Greenberg  [email protected]
      Borje Hagsten   [email protected]
      Phill Hellewell [email protected]

Please do not distribute this hoax. There is no such virus.

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Welcome to my hoax section if you encounter a message about a virus please send to [email protected] or call me on ICQ#22015420 I do not spread hoaxes! these pages are simply to inform other users that they are hoaxes. Please to not spread hoaxes. Hoax warnings are typically scare alerts started by malicious people - and passed on by innocent users who think they are helping the community by spreading the warning. Do not forward hoax messages. There have been cases where e-mail systems have collapsed after dozens of users forwarded a false alert to everybody in the company. Corporate users can get rid of the hoax problem by simply setting a strict company guideline: End users must not forward virus alarms. Ever. If such message is received, end users could forward it to the IT department but not to anyone else.