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Old 01-12-2004, 04:38 AM
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Wink Virus Hoaxes some are funny

Virus Hoaxes some are funny
Have to say how many have fall for this one lmfao
Yea delete that AOL.exe its not like you need it heehaw

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It has been brought to my attention that there's an insidious new computer virus which has already affected close to 30 million computers. Even though I'm running the latest McAfee and Norton virus scans, neither has picked up this virus as it's a mutating virus that isn't set to go off until Friday, June 8, 2001. As many viruses are, this one is transmitted by email. I'm required by law to contact everyone that has received email from me in the last six months and warn him or her about this virus. TO REMOVE THIS VIRUS BEFORE IT BECOMES EFFECTIVE: ** Click your start button. ** Click on "Find". ** Click on Files / Folders. ** Change the "look in" input box to "My Computer". ** The named input file should have: AOL.EXE Once the find engine has located the file, highlight it and press the delete button. Deleting this file will fix a damaged 30-megabyte area of your hard drive and restore it to full functionality. WARNING: KEEPING THIS FILE ON THE SYSTEM AFTER JUNE 8 WILL COST YOU $2.90 MORE PER MONTH! FAILURE TO REMOVE THIS FILE WILL KEEP YOUR "UPPER MEMORY MANAGEMENT" MODULE OF YOUR INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT (IQ OVER 85) BLOCKED. DELETING AOL.EXE WILL FREE YOUR IQ TO GO ABOVE 85!!! DELETING THIS FILE WILL ALLOW YOU TO SPELL CORRECTLY AND USE THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROPERLY. BADLY INFECTED SYSTEMS (I.E., SYSTEMS THAT HAVE DESTROYED YOUR ABILITY TO FOLLOW THE SIMPLE INSTRUCTIONS ABOVE) CAN HAVE THE VIRUS REMOVED BY TELEPHONE. CALL 1-888-265-8008 AND TELL THE OPERATOR TO CANCEL THE VIRUS. THE OPERATOR WILL DEACTIVATE THE VIRUS FROM THEIR END. TECHNICAL NOTE: YOU **MUST** EXPLAIN TO THE OPERATOR YOU'RE ATTEMPTING TO DEACTIVATE THE AOL.EXE VIRUS. THE TECHNICAL SUPPORT OFFICE YOU'RE TALKING TO IS EXTREMELY PROFESSIONALLY EMBARRASSED BY UNLEASHING THIS VIRUS ON THE WORLD AND WILL DELAY DEACTIVATING IT. FOR LEGAL REASONS, THEY MAY EVEN *DENY* THE EXISTENCE OF THE AOL.EXE VIRUS. DON'T FALL FOR THEIR STORY!

AOL4FREE
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AOL4FREE, through much iteration, has become a fraudulent computer program, a Virus Warning Hoax and Trojan horse program. When the program was first created, AOL4FREE was intended to provide illegal free access to America Online. The creator was caught and pleaded guilty to fraud. Eventually, AOL4FREE became a Virus Hoax Warning.

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VIRUS ALERT!!!
DON'T OPEN E-MAIL NOTING 'AOL4FREE'
anyone who receives this must send it to as many people as you can. It is essential that this problem be reconciled as soon as possible. A few hours ago, I opened an Email that had the subject heading of 'AOL4FREE.COM'. Within seconds of opening it, a window appeared and began to display my files that were being deleted. I immediately shut down my computer, but it was too late. This virus wiped me out. It ate the Anti-Virus Software that comes with Windows '95 Program along with F-Prot AVS. Neither was able to detect it. Please be careful and send this to as many people as possible, so maybe this new virus can be eliminated. More recently, AOL4FREE has become a Trojan horse program. When executed, this program has been shown to destroy the hard drives. It contains a simple batch file, which when executed will run the DOS DELTREE command to delete all files within its directory and any subdirectories that might exist. If you receive an email message from an unknown source with the subject 'AOL4FREE' and an attached file, simply delete the email message.
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