Email virus hoaxes - Democratic Underground

BlackVelvet04

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Sat Jun-17-06 09:25 AM
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Email virus hoaxes

Ever get an email like this?

Warning READ AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
>
> Get this sent around to your contacts ASAP...we
> don't need this spreading around.....
>
> PLEASE FORWARD THIS WARNING AMONG FRIENDS, FAMILY
> AND CONTACTS:
>
> You should be alert during the next days:
>
> Do not open any message with an attached filed
> called "Invitation" regardless of who sent it, It
> is a virus that opens an Olympic Torch which "burns"
> the whole hard disc C of your computer. This virus
> will be received from someone who has your e-mail
> address in his/her contact list, that is why you
> should send this e-mail to all your contacts. It is
> better to receive this message 25 times than to
> receive the virus and open it..
>
> If you receive a mail called "invitation", though
> sent by a friend,do not open it and shut down your
> computer immediately.
>
> This is the worst virus announced by CNN, it has
> been classified by Microsoft as the most destructive
> virus ever.
>
> This virus was discovered by McAfee yesterday, and
> there is no repair yet for this kind of virus.
>
> This virus simply destroys the Zero Sector of the
> Hard Disc, where the vital information is kept.
>
> SEND THIS E-MAIL TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW,
>
> COPY THIS E-MAIL AND SEND IT TO YOUR FRIENDS!
>

By the time I received this it had been forwarded to at least 100 people. Well, guess what....... IT'S A HOAX.

I've started replying to as many people as possible with nothing but this link: http://vil.mcafee.com/hoax.asp and the message BOOKMARK THIS LINK AND PLEASE USE IT.

Passing shit like this around the internet without checking it really pisses me off. The main person responsible for sending me this shit has now had their email identified as SPAM.
:mad:

Oh, and another good link to bookmark: http://www.snopes.com/

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Canuckistanian

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Sat Jun-17-06 09:31 AM
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1. I once sent this as a response to one of these emails

Warning: There's a new virus on the loose that's worse than anything I've seen before! It gets in through the power line, riding on the powerline 60 Hz subcarrier. It works by changing the serial port pinouts, and by reversing the direction one's disks spin. Over 300,000 systems have been hit by it here in Murphy, West Dakota alone! And that's just in the last 12 minutes.

It attacks DOS, Unix, TOPS-20, Apple-II, VMS, MVS, Multics, Mac, RSX-11, ITS, TRS-80, and VHS systems.

To prevent the spread of the worm:

1. Don't use the powerline.
2. Don't use batteries either, since there are rumors that this virus has invaded most major battery plants and is infecting the positive poles of the batteries. (You might try hooking up just the negative pole.)
3. Don't upload or download files.
4. Don't store files on floppy disks or hard disks.
5. Don't read messages. Not even this one!
6. Don't use serial ports, modems, or phone lines.
7. Don't use keyboards, screens, or printers.
8. Don't use switches, CPUs, memories, microprocessors, or mainframes.
9. Don't use electric lights, electric or gas heat or airconditioning, running water, writing, fire, clothing or the wheel.

I'm sure if we are all careful to follow these 9 easy steps, this virus can be eradicated, and the precious electronic fluids of our computers can be kept pure.

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Kali

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Sat Jun-17-06 09:39 AM
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3. hahahhahahaha

that is great

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SharonAnn

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Sat Jun-17-06 09:37 AM
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2. Warning! Warning! Deer Tick Survey!!!

Warning! Warning!

I dislike people who forward too many warnings as much as anyone, but this one is important! Send this warning to everyone on your e-mail list!

If someone comes to your front door saying they are conducting a survey on deer ticks and asks you to take your clothes off and dance around to shake off the ticks, do not do it! IT IS A SCAM; they only want to see you naked.

I wish I'd gotten this yesterday.

I feel so stupid.

P. S. This is a JOKE!

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BlackVelvet04

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Sat Jun-17-06 10:10 AM
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4. How about offering free breast exams.....

I CANNOT believe women fell for that. There are some truly stupid people in this world.

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