This is just a joke! Read with many smileys in mind. ;]


>Date:         Mon, 10 Feb 1997 20:05:08 -0500
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>Subject:      Re: VIRUS WARNING - PLEASE READ!
>To: Multiple recipients of list SOLOLIB-L
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>RICHARD DENGROVE
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>I like this hoax virus a lot better than Penpal Greetings.
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>   There is a computer virus that is being sent across the Internet.
>     If you receive an e-mail message with the subject line "Free
>     Money," DO NOT read the message.  DELETE it immediately, UNPLUG
>     your computer, then BURN IT to ASHES in a government-approved
>     toxic waste disposal INCINERATOR.
>
>     Once a computer is infected, it will be TOO LATE.  Your computer
>     will begin to emit a vile ODOR.  Then it will secrete a foul,
>     milky DISCHARGE.  Verily, it shall SCREECH with the tortured,
>     monitor-shattering SCREAM of 1,000 hell-scorched souls, drawing
>     unwanted attention to your cubicle from co-workers and
>     supervisors alike.  After violently ripping itself from the wall,
>     your computer will punch through your office window as it STREAKS
>     into the night, HOWLING like a BANSHEE.  Once free, it will spend
>     the rest of its days TORTURING household PETS and MOCKING the
>     POPE.
>
>     Some filthy, disgusting miscreant ... some no-good, low-down,
>     good-for-nothing DIRTY SNAKE, in twisted pursuit of her own
>     sadistic dreams, is sending this virus across the Net via an e-
>     mail entitled "Free Money."  What is so terrifying about this
>     virus is that you do not even to have to open the e-mail for it
>     to activate.  In fact, you do not even need to RECEIVE the e-
>     mail.  You do not even need to OWN a COMPUTER.  "Free Money" can
>     infect even minor HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES.
>
>     How it does this with straight ASCII code is, frankly, a matter
>     of some debate ... but BELIEVE YOU US, if this weren't a SERIOUS
>     situation, we wouldn't be discussing it in ALL CAPS.
>
>     So for the LOVE OF GOD, forward this e-mail to all those you
>     claim to care about, all those you purport to love. Don't do it
>     later! Do it NOW! Now! Now! NOW! NOW! NOW!
>
>
Anita Cohen-Williams
Information Specialist
Auto Club of Southern California
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