This warning message was sent to some newsgroups in May 99:
ATTENTION VIRUS NASTYFRIEND99
There is a new virus which will be infecting computers on May 15.
This virus will take all your email contacts and icq contacts and sent
to those contacts.
Please forward this email to everyone you know and do not open
any email with the subject "HI MY FRIEND!!!"
This kind of virus doesn't exits, please ignore this warning and
don't pass it on.
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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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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.
