From: rrankin AT primenet DOT com (Rick Rankin) Subject: RE: Budweiser screen saver - beware!! 25 Nov 1998 14:32:16 -0800 Message-ID: <000801be1825$56192e60$9a1e01aa.cygnus.gnu-win32@rankin-isdn-ws2.sat.mot.com> References: <365A77B2 DOT 34A29BE5 AT kam DOT com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: "Andrew Steele" , Nothing but a hoax. Check out http://www.kumite.com/myths/ and http://www.eliashim.com/vcenter/irina.html#BUD -- Rick Rankin rrankin AT primenet DOT com > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com [mailto:owner-gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com]On > Behalf Of Andrew Steele > Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 1998 2:09 AM > To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com > Subject: Budweiser screen saver - beware!! > > > 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 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 that 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 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 your on-line friends ASAP. > > -- > _\\|//_ > (` O-O ') > +============================ooO-(_)-Ooo==============================+ > | Andrew Steele Kam Circuits, Station Road | > | Front End Systems Engineer Calne, Wiltshire, SN11 OJT, UK.| > | E-mail: mailto:andy AT kam DOT com Tel: +44 (0)1249 815262 | > | http://www.kam.com Direct dial +44 (0)1249 810260 | > | Data E-mail: mailto:fes AT kam DOT com Fax: +44 (0)1249 814726 | > | FTP: Please email for instructions BBS: +44 (0)1249 810293 | > +=====================================================================+ > _| | | |_ > (___) (___) > - > For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to > "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help". > - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".