Desi1love

Text of this virus hoax reads as follows:

OK....lets watch out for this jerk.....protect the backs of your friends! Please..Pass it on...... A MEMBER OF AOL BY THE SCREEN NAME OF Desi1love MIGHT TRY TO SEND YOU A VIRUS WHICH COULD CRASH YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM. HIS TRICK: HE INNOCENTLY IM's YOU HELLO, WAITS 30 SECONDS, THEN IM's YOU AGAIN, WAITS ANOTHER 30 SECONDS, AND THEN WRITES..."WHAT THE FU**, WHY AREN'T YOU ANSWERING" DO NOT REPLY TO HIS IM's, NOR READ ANY OF HIS E-MAIL BECAUSE ONCE YOU REPLY, YOUR COMPUTER WILL FREEZE AND THATS HOW YOU KNOW YOUR HARD DRIVE IS BEING WIPED OUT. SO PLEASE BE VERY VERY CAREFUL!!!! PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO EVERY ONE YOU KNOW!!!

Many virus hoaxes:

• falsely claim to describe an extremely dangerous virus
• use pseudo-technical language to make impressive-sounding (but impossible) claims
• falsely claim that the report was issued or confirmed by a well-known company
• ask you to forward it to all your friends and colleagues

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.