To: K-list
Recieved: 1999/10/26 09:01
Subject: Re: [K-list] Fw: Virus Warning
From: Martin Thompson
On 1999/10/26 09:01, Martin Thompson posted thus to the K-list:
Another hoax. Newbie computer users note: you *cannot* get a virus from
reading email, so you can routinely ignore such messages as the one
below. You *can* get a virus from opening an attachment that comes in an
email or from executing an unscanned program from any source whatsoever.
18:46:22 Tue, 26 Oct 1999
taaden at taaden <taadenATnospamsuper.net.pk> writes:
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Muneeb Hassan <muneebATnospamapiit.edu.pk>
>To: <muneebATnospamapiit.edu.pk>
>Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 12:02 PM
>Subject: FW: Virus Warning
>
>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Usman Hashmi
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 11:53 AM
>> To: APIITSTAFF
>> Subject: Virus Warning
>>
>> Dear All
>> New Virus - WOBBLER
>> We have been informed of a new virus - WOBBLER. It will arrive on e-mail
>> titled "How to Give a Cat a Colonic." 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 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. This information was announced yesterday
>> morning by IBM. Please share it with everyone in your address book so
>that
>> the spreading of the virus may be stopped. This is a very dangerous virus
>> and there is no remedy for it at this time. Please practice cautionary
>> measures and forward this to all your online friends ASAP."
>>
>>
>> Usman Hashmi
>> Manager Technical/Lecturer
>> Asia Pacific Institute of Information Technology Pakistan
>> Tel: 92-21-5878000-5 Fax: 92-21-5878006
>> e-mail: usmanATnospamapiit.edu.pk
>>
>>
>
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