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Article #106327Re: !!! DEADLY NEW VIRUS !!!
From: Rick Stricker
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 00:00
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 00:00
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Not even. It's a parody and is clearly labeled as such. It was never meant to be taken seriously. Leo Verhoeven wrote in message <8bcf2d$cb2@news.rsc1.ing-int>... >This is of course an extremely horrible........ HOAX!! > >Leo. > >MoR <freethough...@unbelief.com> wrote in message >news:GFRB4.20662$Nn6.805030@newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net... >> 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: "Rick Stricker" <webmaster@[spamblock]web-slingers.com> Subject: Re: !!! DEADLY NEW VIRUS !!! Date: 2000/03/23 Message-ID: <38da20f1.0@speedtrap.i2k.com> X-Deja-AN: 601298319 References: <GFRB4.20662$Nn6.805030@newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net> <8bcf2d$cb2@news.rsc1.ing-int> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 X-Trace: 23 Mar 2000 08:50:11 +0500, speedtrap.i2k.com Organization: WebSlingers Web Development Newsgroups: alt.lawyers,alt.windows98,comp.lang.javascript,comp.protocols.tcp-ip,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.space-sim,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.sports,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic,rec.arts.movies.current-films MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit