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Re: !!! DEADLY NEW VIRUS !!!

#722565
From: Jim Johnson
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 00:00
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How soon after this happens can we expect the plague of frogs?

"MoR" <freethough...@unbelief.com> wrote in message
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> There is an extremely horrible, deadly new virus that
> surfaced last night in Singapore.  U.S. Officials say that it
> could hit the U.S. within 2 weeks.  An email message titled
> "this is your last warning..." is infected with the most virulent
> and terrifying computer virus to date.  DO NOT OPEN IT!!
> If you open this message, it will not only format your hard drive
> but physically destroy your computer.  YOUR COMPUTER
> WILL BE RUINED BEYOND REPAIR if you open this message.
> The virus is able to activate a soft switch (a soft switch is a switch
that
> is controlled by software- similar to when people shut down their computer
> using Windows and the power physically turns off even though they never
> pressed the power off button).
> Anyway, according to IBM and Microsoft officials in last nights press
> release, this virus activates a soft switch on your motherboard that
> controls power to your CPU.  It will cause a tremendous power surge that
> will literally cause your CPU to burn (or explode).  Your computer will
> literally burn up from the inside.  And not just that, but this virus is
so
> horrible, it could cause a CASCADING INVERSE POWER FLUCTUATION, by sending
> an electrical signal from your computer and into your primary transistors
> (that control power into your home), which could literally cause several
> circuts in your home to burst into flames!  Your appliances, tv's, radios-
> anything and everything plugged into your wall outlets COULD LITERALLY
> EXPLODE!  This could cause a catostrophic fire that could burn your house
to
> the ground.  You could lose your home, your car, your spouse, even your
> children-  ALL FROM OPENING THE EMAIL MESSAGE TITLED "this is your last
> warning..."
>
> PLEASE, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD YOU OPEN IT!
>
> You ***M U S T*** send this email to EVERYONE you know.  You must send it
> everywhere on the internet.  And not just to people you know, but send it
to
> people you dont know.  Officials said that the virus could hit the U.S. by
> next week.  Therefore we must work EXTRA HARD to send out this message to
> everyone in the U.S. by next thursday.  200 Million people need to see
this
> message by next week.   If you ever needed to do something for humanity-
to
> make a difference in the world, this is it.
>
>
>
> parody copyright 2000, by MoR
> www.unbelief.com
>
>
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From: "Jim Johnson" <f...@grizedale.karoo.co.uk>
Subject: Re: !!! DEADLY NEW VIRUS !!!
Date: 2000/03/21
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