[thelist] New Virus Alert

Jeff jeff at members.evolt.org
Sun Jul 23 17:11:07 CDT 2000


eileen,

:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
: From: Eileen Mok <eileenmok at hotmail.com>
:
: 1.   There is a new virus - WOBBLER. It will arrive
: on e-mail titled CALIFORNIA.
:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/wobbler-hoax.html

:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
: 2.   If you receive an e-mail titled "Win A. Holiday" DO
: NOT open it.
:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/win.a.holiday.html

i believe this exact email was posted to another web design list i'm subbed
to about 2 weeks ago.  at that time it was clearly stated that both of these
were complete and utter hoaxes (as also evidenced by the links above).  i
know you're trying to be helpful, however, as virii is not the topic of
discussion of this list it is considered offtopic (not to mention dangerous)
to post virus warnings.

furthermore, before passing along *any* virus warning you should check to
see if it's even real.  you wouldn't wanna send out a virus warning that was
a hoax would you?  here's at least one good place to start:

http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/

and here if you suspect it's a hoax:

http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/hoax.html

thanks,

.jeff
evolt admin

name://jeff.howden
game://web.development
http://www.evolt.org/
mailto:jeff at members.evolt.org





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