[thechat] Neat Virus Hoaxes, was: sulfnbk.exe Virus

[Andrew Forsberg]

>  >No don't worry, I'm not about to tell you to delete this file on pain of
>  >death.
>>But, I was impressed with this people virus, the only time it could infect
>>you was if you fell for it... no fancy coding, just reliant on people
>>trusting other people  =)
>
>Yeah, I've always been of the opinion that virus hoaxen are indeed
>virii themselves.

I received a GREAT hoax virus the other week -- the Irish Virus. I 
don't know if this is old news for people on [thechat], but I thought 
it was really clever:

>This is a warning
>
>By opening this e-mail you have just received the "IRISH VIRUS"
>
>Top o' the mornin' to you,
>
>We don't have too much programming experience,
>     so this Virus works on the honour system.
>
>Please delete all the files on your hard drive manually
>    and forward this Virus to everyone on your mailing list.
>
>Tank you very kindly for your cooperation.

I suppose it's a bit of an IQ test as well... it could so very easily 
morph into all sorts of exciting variants.


-- 
Andrew Forsberg
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