BUDDYLY SIP
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| Virus hoax |
| Description |
| The following French language hoax appears to be a variant of the BUDDYLST.ZIP hoax. Text of this virus hoax reads as follows: message faire circuler le plus largement possible...ATTENTION VIRUS Si vous recevez par Mail un message avec comme fichier joint un cran de veille (screensaver) intitul BUDDLY SIP : ne l'ouvrez en aucun cas. Annulez le imm diatement. En l'ouvrant, vous allez perdre toutes les donn es de votre disque dur . Tout ce que l'on sait, c'est que ce virus a t lanc il y a 5 jours et qu'il s'agit d'un tout nouveau virus extr mement dangereux. Faites suivre ce message tout votre carnet d'adresse. Si tout le monde est au courant le lancement de ce virus aura t un chec. AOL confirme jusqu' quel point ce virus peut tre dangereux aucun programme ne peut le d truire. Message transmettre un maximum d'adresses. Another French version combines four hoaxes: Virtual Card, California IBM, Girl thing, and BUDDYLY SIP: Attention virus tres dangereux. |
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Many virus hoaxes:
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. Sophos suggests a policy to help prevent hoaxes from spreading in your company. |
