Unfortunately this is a "hoax". This message is pretty standard.
Sometimes they will the change the name of the virus (Wobbler,
in this case), other times the names of the "authorities" will
be changed (AOL and IBM, in this case.)
The virus is the message itself that gets sent to million of people.
A good rule of thumb (one more! about this kind of message is:
a) if it is said to come from IBM, Microsoft, AOL or any other
big company, it is a hoax. These big companies do not send
this kind of message;
b) if says something like "send this to as many people as you can",
then is a hoax;
c) If the source is "respectable", then it is probabily a hoax.
d) If it says "don't even open the message", then it is a hoax.
Sorry to add to the huge traffic already introduced by the
hoax but I hope this message will help to can reduce them in the future.
- fernando
peter ransom wrote:
> I have been told of the following by a reliable source, and hope that it
> comes in time!
>
> Peter Ransom
>
> >>NEW VIRUS
> >>
> >>I have received the following message today:
> >>
> >>"We have been informed of a new virus - WOBBLER. It will
> arrive on email
> >>titled 'How to give your cat a colonic'.
> >>
> >>IBM and AOL have announced that it is very powerful, more so
> than Melissa
> >>and there is no remedy. It will eat all your information on
> the hard
> drive
> >>and also destroys Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet
> Explorer.
> >>
> >>Do not open anything with this itle and please pass this
> message on. Not
> >>many people seem to know about this yet so propagate it as
> fast as
> >>possible.
> >>
> >>This information was announced on last Thursday by IBM.
> >>
> >>Please share it with everyone in your address book so that the
> spreading
> of
> >>the virus may be stopped. This is a very dangerous virus and
> and there is
> >>no remedy for it at this time.
> >>
> >>Please practice cautionary measures and forward this to all
> your online
> >>friends ASAP."
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