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This is a Hoax, M Clare Taylor, see below. Hopefully you will also forward this to everyone to whom you forwarded the virus hoax - except back to the list, again, of course. >From Symantec AntiVirus Research Center http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/hoax.html BUDDYLST.ZIP Aliases: Budweiser Infection length: Hoax Area of infection: Hoax Likelihood: Hoax Region reported: Online Characteristics: Hoax Target platform: Hoax Trigger date: Hoax Description: BUDDYLST.ZIP is not a virus. It is a hoax. The "virus" does not exist. There is currently no virus that has the characteristics ascribed to BUDDYLST.ZIP. It is a sham, meant only to panic new or inexperienced computer users. The hoax message includes the following "warning" in several forms: Form 1: Yesterday a friend of mine called and told me about something that happened to him. He opened his E-mail and this BUDDYLST.ZIP was there. When he opened it his computer crashed and when he tried to re-boot he had lost everything! It was a Virus that os being passed around...........BEWARE! Please forward to as many people as you can so no one will get hurt. These people need to be stopped. Don't download anything form "buddylst.zip" or you will lose all your files. Form 2: A computer virus is going around! It is called BUDDYLST.ZIP! Do not download or some jerk from the internet will get your screen name and password! Please send this to any names you can think of and remember never download BUDDYLST.ZIP Form 3: VIRUS ALERT Someone is sending out a very desirable screen-saver, the Budweiser Frogs - "BUDDYLST.ZIP". If you download it, you will lose everything!!! Your hard drive will crash and someone from the Internet will get your screen name and password! DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES!!! IT JUST WENT INTO circulation yesterday, as far as we know. Please distribute/inform this message. This is a new, very malicious virus and not many people know about it. This information was announced yesterday morning from Microsoft. Please share it with everyone that might access the Internet. Once again, pass this along to EVERYONE in your address book so at this may be stopped. Also do not open or even look at any mail that says "RETURNED OR UNABLE TO DELIVER". This virus will attach itself to your computer components and render them useless. Immediately delete mail=A0 items that say this. AOL has said that this is a very dangerous virus and that there is NO remedy for it at this time. Please practice cautionary measures and forward this to all you on-line friends ASAP. Please ignore any messages regarding this supposed "virus" and do not pass on any messages regarding it. Passing on messages about this hoax serves only to further propagate it. ------ M Clare Taylor <[log in to unmask] wrote ----------- EXTREMELY DANGEROUS VIRUS > > > > > > > > > >This information came from Microsoft yesterday morning. > > > > >Please pass it on to anyone you know who has access to the > > > > >Internet. > > > > >You may receive an apparently harmless Budweiser > > > > >screensaver, entitled "BUDDYLST.SIP". If you do - DO NOT > > > > >OPEN IT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, but delete it > > > > >immediately. Once opened, you will lose EVERYTHING on your > > > > >PC. Your hard disk will be completely destroyed and the > > > > >person who sent you the message will have access to your > > > > >name and password via the Internet. > > > > >As far as we know, the virus was circulated yesterday > > > > >morning. It's a new virus, and extremely dangerous. Please > > > > >copy thisinformation and e-mail it to everyone in your address book. >>>>>>>We need to do all we can to block this virus. AOL has confirmed > > > > >how dangerous it is, and there is no Antivirus programme as yet > > > > >which is capable of destroying it. > > > > >Please take all the necessary precautions, and pass this > > > > >information on to your friends, acquaintances and work > > > > >colleagues. --------------------------------- Robert Marshall, MD %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%