This is the relevant extract from the kumite website
F-Secure Hoax Warnings Pages
NAME:
Wobbler
ALIAS:
California virus
In 1999 there appeared a new hoax message warning abour Wobbler virus. This virus
does not exist. But there's a joke program called 'Joke.Win.Aloap' that is detected by
Solomon as 'Wobbling Trojan'. The hoax message looks like this:
WARNING: If you receive an e-mail with a file called
California, do not open the file. The file contains the WOBBLER
virus. 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. Pass
this warning along to EVERYONE in your address book ASAP so that
this threat may be stopped.
There exists another version of this hoax:
Subject: FW: WARNING!!! WARNING!!!
Importance: High
A serious virus warning folks. The following has been confirmed
by F-Secure (Datafellows):
A new virus - WOBBLER will be launched in 7 to 10 days time. It
will coincide with some presidential happening in Los Angeles in
the USA. It will arrive on an e-mail titled "CALIFORNIA". This
virus is announced to be more powerful and destructive than
MELISSA and of course there is NO REMEDY as yet.
If you should open anything with title then kiss all your hard
drive information good bye. It will also destroy Netscape
Navigator and Internet Explorer.
This information can be verified by AOL, IBM and Datafellows
(old F-PROT).
PLEASE TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY AND WARN AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE.
Have a nice day!
Data Fellows has never confirmed the existance of that virus. Please ignore these
messages and don't pass them on.
On Fri, 23 Jul 1999 11:13:14 GMT0BST Paul Burdon
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Apologies to those who already know!
>
>
> ** VIRUS ALTERT***
> A new virus - WOBBLER.
> It will arrive on e-mail titled "CALIFORNIA." IBM and AOL have announced
> that it is VERY powerful, more so than Melissa, there is no remedy.
> It will EAT all your information on the hard drive and it also destroys
> 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 this yet, so propagate it as fast as possible!
> --------------------
> Paul Burdon
> Planning Division
> Cardiff University
> (02920) 875342
> E-Mail [log in to unmask]
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"University of the West of England"
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