Re: virus alert!! ***NO IT'S NOT, DO NOT FORWARD!!!***

[Tim Kling <t16vgti@ptinet.net>]

To put it timidly,
1.  I did not know that posting one message that I THOUGHT would be
informative to other vw freaks was such a horrible thing.

2.  Maybe most GLX owners are more computer literate (some more anal about
it) than us measly 16valvers.

3.  If you don't want to YOU DO NOT HAVE TO READ EVERY POST.  I figured
that if anyone thought necessary to read it, they could do so.

4.  I am sorry for wasting your important time (probably while hard at work).

whatever



At 12:46 AM 9/10/98 -0700, you wrote:
>
>To put it timidly,
>
>THIS IS BULLSHIT, no such virus exists. The virus is the HOAX itself, and
>the people who send it on without checking with an authority first.
>
>Check out http://urbanlegends.miningco.com in the future before you go out
>and make a fool of yourself and any of your friends that send this on to
>their friends.
>
>Specifically, check out
>http://urbanlegends.miningco.com/library/weekly/aa071598.htm
>
>Oh by the way, even if it *WAS* true, the last time I checked, you CAN NOT
>RUN A SCREEN SAVER ON A JETTA GLX, so your report has NO BUSINESS ON THIS
>LIST!!!
>
>You would think that this would prevent such garbage from being posted to
>the Jetta list, but I thought I'd remind people why we're here: The VW
>Jetta GLX!!! NOT A VIRUS ALERT LIST!!!
>
>I would send this just to the sender, but just for any of you thinking to
>forward it to your friends.
>
>-Khan
>
>
>At 8:01 PM -0700 9/9/98, Tim Kling wrote:
>>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
>
>
>--
>Khan Klatt
>1997 VW Jetta GLX, Emerald Green
> --> Biber Beige Leather		 --> All-weather Package
> --> Bilstein HD Shocks & Struts	 --> Neuspeed SofSport Springs
> --> Mintex Redbox Brake Pads		 --> K&N Air Filter
> --> Clarion CD Changer (Trunk-mounted)	 --> Locking Gas Door
> --> Velcro-mounted CD Storage in Trunk	 --> AirCondition Mod
>
>
Tim Kling
92 GTI 16V
CLUB H2O/eurospeed member
http://www.bigfoot.com/~eurospeed