[thechat] Neat Virus Hoaxes, was: sulfnbk.exe Virus
Andrew Forsberg
andrew at thepander.co.nz
Fri Jun 1 23:15:54 CDT 2001
> >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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