Serious virus (hoax)

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BNo13901@aol.com wrote:

> Subject: Serious Virus
> 
> Received this notice regarding virus-take notice!
>  
> Someone is sending out a very desirable screen-saver.  The Budweiser
> Frogs.
> But if you download it, you will lose everything!!  Your hard drive
> will
> crash!!  DON'T DOWNLOAD THIS UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES!!!!  IT WENT INTO
> CIRCULATION  10/16/98,AS FAR AS WE KNOW....BE CAREFUL.  PLEASE
> DISTRIBUTE THIS
> TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE....

As posted on the Computer Incident and Advisory Council's web site (to which
there's a hyperlink on the EMAIL Hoxes & Chain letter out on the posting
guidelines at http://www.higherfire.org ) at ...

         http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACHoaxes.html


It says this....

>Bud Frogs Screen Saver 
>
>This chain letter was first posted on CIAC's Chain Letter page
>around January of 1997.
>
>As with any file, you should never run code from unknown sources 
>because you always run the risk of downloading Trojan Horses or 
>infected files.

Which then hyperlinks over to the chain letter page that describes
what the original message was....

>Bud Frogs Screen Saver
>
>DANGER!!!    VIRUS ALERT!!!
>
>THIS IS A NEW TWIST.  SOME CREEPOID SCAM-ARTIST IS SENDING OUT A VERY  
>DESIRABLE SCREEN-SAVER (THE BUD FROGS). BUT IF YOU DOWN-LOAD IT, YOU'LL LOSE
>EVERYTHING!!!!! YOUR HARD DRIVE WILL CRASH!!
>
>DON'T DOWNLOAD THIS UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES!!!
>IT JUST WENT INTO CIRCULATION YESTERDAY, AS FAR AS WE KNOW....BE CAREFUL.
>
>PLEASE DISTRIBUTE TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE...THANX
>
>BELOW IS WHAT THE SCREENSAVER PROGGIE WOULD LOOK LIKE!
>
>File: BUDSAVER.EXE (24643 bytes)
>DL Time (28800 bps): < 1 minute

So.... what do you do?

You tell them that this is a chain letter and send it back up the
chain (from whence you got it).... and combat this internet e-mail
thought virus and it's self replications.

Bro Tyler
--
Bro Tyler Nally 
<tnally@iquest.net> <tgnally@prairienet.org> <tn@higherfire.org>

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