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Re: !!! DEADLY NEW VIRUS !!!

#722578
From: BR
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 00:00
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one question: is MoR short for moron?

MoR wrote in message ...
> 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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Subject: Re: !!! DEADLY NEW VIRUS !!!
Date: 2000/03/22
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