This one is really small potatoes. I fell for it, and it's almoost as dumb
as the Belgian Virus. The deleted program has very minor functions.
Francophones may wish to check out the Belgian Virus at
http://www.hoaxbuster.com/hliste/juin/06virusbelge.html. The comments are a
hoot. Here's the message to watch out for:
Warning, this is a Belgian virus.
1. Send this message to everyone in your address
book 2. Erase your hard drive
Cultural commentary: any Francophone receiving this should know it's a
hoax. It would be like a USian receiving a Polish virus.
Mark
At 11:41 PM 5/31/2001 +0100, you wrote:
>Thanks, Alison. Could I suggest that people look up virus warnings on the
>net before passing them on to the list? There are a number of sites where
>you can check if a warning is a hoax. This is one of them:
>http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/hoax.html
>
>You can also check e-petitions and other round-robin communications in
>various places. I like the Urban Legends Reference Pages at
>http://www.snopes2.com/ . Look under _Currently Circulating_.
>
>Best wishes
>
>Matthew
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
>Date: 31 May 2001 10:45
>Subject: Re: VIRUS ALERT: warning
>
>
>>This warning is a hoax, and if you delete that file, you can't manage
>>Windows properly. It was in the paper yesterday. Only delete it if it
>>came as an attachment.
>>
>>A
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