Foot n Mouth

Text of the hoax reads as follows:

WARNING UK E-MAIL USERS
There is a sever strain of Virus called "Foot n Mouth Location" currently being released in the UK. This is NOT A Hoax! If you receive any attachment claiming to detail Foot N Mouth infected farms DO NOT OPEN IT!

The virus is disguised as a the now common Visual Basic Script (.vbs) but the extension has been re-configured to appear as a .doc file (Std Word Template file)

Once opened the Virus will behave in a similar way to the "Love" virus of last Year.

Thanks for your time.

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.