Please Ignore Alert!
Budweiser frogs screensaver |
| Type |
| Virus
hoax |
;) |
| Description |
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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. |
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