> Warning: > on December 25, 1999 you may receive an email called, Lump of Coal...do > Pass this on as soon as you can to get the WORD out!!! This is not a > hoax....this was reported on the CBS morning news August 20,1999. Watch Chetu - am sorry but it IS a hoax. Instead of seeing CBS (or most likely reading a fw fw from some reliable source) - see for yourself :-) www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/lump.of.coal.hoax.html Lump of Coal Virus Hoax Aliases: None Known Variants: Hoax Infection Length: Hoax 8< -snip- Region Reported: Email Characteristics: Hoax The following message has been sent out by email. It is a hoax. This "virus" does not exist. 8< YOUR EXACT MESSAGE :-) Please ignore any messages regarding this supposed "hoax" and do not pass on any messages regarding it. Passing on messages about this hoax serves only to further propagate it. Write-up by: Motoaki Yamamura Sept 7, 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Linux India Mailing List Archives are now available. Please search the archive at http://lists.linux-india.org/ before posting your question to avoid repetition and save bandwidth.
