RE: virus alert!!

[Brian Wanamaker <bwanamaker@sofsol.com>]

I've seen this message before, and it is a hoax. Just about any e-mail
you get that instructs you to "Send this message to everyone you know"
is some kind of prank, or someone's attempt to build a mailing list for
commercial purposes. If you play their game, you are only helping to
generate TONS of useless spam on the Internet.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Tim Kling [SMTP:t16vgti@ptinet.net]
> Sent:	Wednesday, September 09, 1998 11:02 PM
> To:	A2_16V@connecticom.com; jettaglx@igtc.com
> Subject:	virus alert!!
> 
> Just in case..
> 
> >> Someone is sending out a screen-saver :  the Budweiser Frogs.  But
> if
> >> you download it, you will lose everything!!!
> >>
> >> Your hard drive will crash!!!
> >> DON'T DOWNLOAD THIS UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES!!! IT JUST WENT INTO
> >> CIRCULATION YESTERDAY, AS FAR AS WE KNOW.... BE CAREFUL. PLEASE
> >> DISTRIBUTE THIS TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE...
> >>
> >> If you download, some jerk from the internet will get your screen
> name
> >> and password!  Please send this to any names you can think of and
> >> remember never download BUDDYLST.ZIP This is a new, very malicious
> virus
> >>
> >> and not many people know about it. This information was announced
> >> yesterday  morning from Microsoft.  Please share it with everyone
> that
> >> might access the internet.
> >>
> >> Once again, pass this along to EVERYONE in your address book so
> that
> >> this may be stopped. Also do not open or even look at any mail
> that
> >> says "RETURNED OR UNABLE TO DELIVER". This virus will attach itself
> to
> >> your computer components and render them useless. Immediately
> delete any
> >>
> >> mail items that say this. AOL has said that this is a very
> dangerous
> >> virus and that there NO remedy for it at this time.  Please
> practice
> >> cautionary measures and forward this to all your on-line friends
> ASAP.
> >> Hope this does not get you!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> Tim Kling
> 92 GTI 16V
> CLUB H2O/eurospeed member
> http://www.bigfoot.com/~eurospeed