Hi all, Before you start getting all excited about the latest virus hoax, try checking the following URL's. Then, if you find the scare to be genuine, pass the message along.
http://www.netsquirrel.com/combatkit/ http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACHoaxes.html#identify http://www.kumite.com/myths/home.htm http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/HBOtherHoaxPages.html Please, get wise, stop being a newbie, check it out! Here's what I found by spending two minutes on google. It's amazing what you can find in two minutes spent on Google. I wonder if that's why it's one of the fastest growing search engines in the world? [1]Sophos - Purpose-built for business, education and government Budweiser frogs screensaver Type [26]Virus hoax Description In 1997 the Budweiser beer company placed a screensaver on their website depicting the Budweiser frogs from their advertising campaign. Shortly afterwards an email began circulating warning people not to download the file: DANGER!!!VIRUS ALERT!!! This is a new twist. Someone is sending out a very desirable 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... This is WHAT THE SCREENSAVER OFFER WOULD LOOK LIKE! File: BUDSAVER.EXE (24643 bytes) DL Time (28800 bps): At the time of writing, there is no known virus (or more correctly Trojan horse) which masquerades as a Budweiser Frogs screensaver. However, users should always be very cautious when downloading or using executables of unknown origin. The email also contains references to other hoaxes and scares, such as [27]BUDDYLST.ZIP, [28]Returned or Unable to Deliver, and [29]Win a Holiday. One variant of this virus hoax mentions the Bug's Life screensaver BUGGLST.ZIP. Important Many virus hoaxes: * falsely claim to describe an extremely dangerous virus * use pseudo-technical language to make impressive-sounding (but impossible) claims * falsely claim that the report was issued or confirmed by a well-known company * ask you to forward it to all your friends and colleagues As usual, you are urged not to pass on warnings of this kind, as the continued re-forwarding of these hoaxes simply wastes time and email bandwidth. It is possible that you may receive a hoax via email with a file attached. Obviously, such file attachments should be treated with caution as they may be virus infected. Sophos recommends deleting virus hoax emails, whether they contain file attachments or not. Ann P. -- Ann K. Parsons email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WEB SITE: http://home.eznet.net/~akp Skype: Putertutor "All that is gold does not glitter. Not all those who wander are lost." JRRT
