Sorry Mike,
Someone has sent you a phoney alert
This extract is from the Symantec Anti-virus resuearch Centre
WOBBLER Virus Hoax
Aliases: California
Known Variants: Hoax
Infection Length: Hoax
Area of Infection: Hoax
Likelihood: Hoax
Region Reported: email
Characteristics: Hoax
Description:
The following two messages have been sent out by email. They are both
versions of the same hoax. This "virus" does not exist.
The hoax message includes one of the following "warnings":
Dear All,
For your reference, take necessary precautions.
If you receive an email with a file called
California, do not open the file. The file
contains WOBBLER virus.
WARNING
This information was announced yesterday morning
from IBM; AOL states that this is a very
dangerous virus, much worse than "Melissa", and
that there is NO remedy for it at this time.
Some very sick individual has succeeded in using
the reformat function from Norton Utilities
causing it to completely erase all documents
on the hard drive. It has been designed to work
with Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet
Explorer. It destroys Macintosh and IBM
compatible computers. This is a new, very
malicious virus and not many people know about it.
Second sample of hoax message "warning":
Hope this is of use,
Kind regards,
Ross Boardman
Remote Support Medics Online
http://www.remotemedics.co.uk
A site for medics administered by medics.
To join our discussion list go to
http://www.onelist.com/community/RemoteSupportMedics
----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Bjarkoy <[log in to unmask]>
To: acad-ae-med <[log in to unmask]>; 999listservers
<[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, July 21, 2000 08:04
Subject: Virus alert
> There is a possibility of the following virus circulating.
>
> 1) WOBBLER. It will arrive on e-mail titled CALIFORNIA.
>
> IBM and AOL have announced that it is very powerful. There is no remedy.
It
> will eat all your information on the hard drive and also destroy Netscape
> Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer. Do not open anything with this
> title and please pass this message on to all your contacts and anyone who
> uses your e-mail facility. Not many people seem to know about it yet so
> propagate it as fast as possible.
>
> 2. If you receive an e-mail titled "Win A .Holiday" DO NOT open it. It
> will erase everything on your hard drive. Forward this letter to as many
> people as you can. This is a new, very malicious virus.
>
> Mike Bjarkoy
>
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