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California IBM
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| This hoax has been reported in English, Dutch, Danish, French, Norwegian and Italian. Here is the English text of the hoax: Another new virus has been discovered. It arrives in an e-mail titled "California IBM". Microsoft has announced that it is very bad, worse than "Love Letter". There is no remedy or cure. It will consume all the information in the hard drive, and will destroy Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer. Do not open anything with this title, and pass this message on to your e-mail contacts. Right now not many people know about this, so please pass it on as quickly as possible.Thank you. This is the Dutch version of this hoax: Er is een nieuw virus ontdekt dat via e-mail verspreid wordt onder de naam: CALIFORNIA IBM. Microsoft heeft bevestigd dat dit virus krachtiger is dan het Love Letter-virus. Er bestaat geen oplossing voor, het wist alle informatie van de harde schijf en vernietigt Netscape Navigator en Microsoft Explorer. Open geen enkele e-mail met deze naam, en stuur deze warning e-mail door aan al uw e-mail contacten. Weinig mensen zijn op de hoogte van dit virus, stuur dit dus zo snel mogelijk door! This is the Danish version of the hoax: "Der er opdaget en ny virus, som spredes via E-mail med navnet: The French version combines three hoaxes: California IBM, Girl thing and the version of BUDDYLY SIP: A PRENDRE TRES AU SERIEUX. Another French version combines four hoaxes: Virtual Card, California IBM, Girl thing, and BUDDYLY SIP: Attention virus tres dangereux. Norwegian version has the subject line saying that this "real virus" has been checked with Sophos.com: Pass opp ! Reelt virus. Fredrik Berg har sjekket hos Sophos.com. and the text: Hei! Nytt virus som spres med e-mail med navnet: CALIFORNIA IBM. Microsoft har bekreftet at dette virus er kraftigere enn love-letter-viruset. Det finnes ingen muligheter for å løse problemer med dette viruset, det utplyndrer all informasjon på harddisken, og ødelegger netscape navigator og Microsoft explorer. IKKE åpne en e-mail med dette navn, og send denne virusadvarsl videre til ALLE dine E-mailadresser. Det er viktig at så mange som mulig blir advart om denne viruset så hurtig som mulig. This is the Italian version of this hoax: Fonte attendibile segnala che i virus california IBM e girtl thing sono molto pericolosi. Microsoft dice che sono piu' pericolosi di love letter, non esiste alcun rimedio, attacca tutte le informazioni del disco rigido e distrugge netscape e internet explorer. passo e chiudo, fatene buon uso. |
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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. |

