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goeasy8
05-29-2003, 07:23 AM
Subject: Fw: Very Important Info........
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> During the next several weeks be VERY cautious
> about opening or
> launching any e-mails that refer to the World
> Trade Center or 9/11 in
> any way, regardless of who sent it. PLEASE FORWARD
> TO ALL YOUR
> FRIENDS AND FAMILY. FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW,
> "WTC" STANDS FOR THE
> WORLD TRADE CENTER. REALLY DANGEROUS BECAUSE
> PEOPLE WILL OPEN IT
> RIGHT AWAY, THINKING ITS A STORY RELATING TO 9/11!
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> BIGGGG TROUBLE !!!! DO NOT OPEN "WTC Survivor" It
> is a virus that
> will erase your whole "C" drive. It will come to
> you in the form of
> an E-Mail from a familiar person. I repeat, a
> friend sent it to me,
> but called and warned me before I opened it. He
> was not so lucky and
> now he can't even start his computer!
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> Forward this to everyone in your address book. I
> would rather
> receive this 25 times than not at all. So, if you
> receive an email
> called "WTC Survivor", do not open it. Delete it
> right away! This
> virus removes all dynamic link libraries (.dll
> files) from your
> computer.
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> PLEASE FORWARD THIS MESSAGE

572Daytona
05-29-2003, 07:28 AM
This is a hoax, not an actual virus:
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/wtc.survivor.hoax.html

goeasy8
05-29-2003, 10:35 AM
Hey, you cant be too careful

572Daytona
05-29-2003, 11:21 AM
goeasy8:
Hey, you cant be too careful No you can't, but unnecessary panic isn't a good thing either. I work in the IT department at work and we see stuff forwarded around all the time and we like to make sure that the info is ligit before making everyone worry. Usually one of the big tipoffs that something is a hoax is a line that says something to the effect of please forward this on. Some good websites to check first to see if something is a hoax are
http://www.snopes.com
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/
http://www.mcafee.com/anti-virus/default.asp
Thanks!
[ May 29, 2003, 12:29 PM: Message edited by: 572Daytona ]

HCS
05-29-2003, 11:27 AM
Here's the other one.
HERE (http://forums.***boat.net/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=15;t=003304)