Macro virus
from Microsoft
This
appeared in the end of September 1998. The hoax looks like this:
There is a macro virus going off on Oct 1!!!
All computers installed with Windows 95 are installed
with this virus. It is a time bomb Virus. Microsoft
has already apologized for the mass breakdown of
computers around the world on that day. However
they had yet to come up with a remedy. Some versions
of Win95 are safe but some are not. Please be careful,
and forward to all your on-line friends ASAP. Not a
lot of people know about it, just let everyone know,
so they won't be a victim. Please forward this e-mail.
Please
ignore this message and don't pass it on.
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.
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List
of known hoaxes:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V X Y Z
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.
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