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Text of the hoax reads as follows:
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NATIONAL WARNING FROM DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES PROGRAMMING SOFTWARE
DEVELOPMENT LABORATORIES:
THERE IS A DANGEROUS VIRUS AT LARGE...
This is a matter of great urgency. Last week a very dangerous
computer virus, called "The New Ice Age," was stolen from our labs by
an unknown group of terrorists. This Macro-Virus Hybrid is extremely
dangerous and preys on both small personal computers and large
corperate and internet servers. The NIA virus can attach itself to
any file or e-mail and infect your computer's hard drive and backup.
It then reproduces rapidly and renders your computer powerless in a
matter of minutes. NIA was devoloped by our programmers as a form of
Computer-born Warfare for the United States Government and is
completely undetectable to all current anti-virus programs. If this
virus spreads, it could ruin the national economy, or the global
economy for that matter. We must stop the spread of this virus!
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We are currently working around the clock on the NIA Anti-Virus and
are very close. We hope to have the NIA Anti-Virus up and running on
February 15, 2001. It will be free and downloadable to the public.
EVERY COMPUTER MUST BE EQUIPPED TO STOP THIS VIRUS! For details,
click on the link below...
www.thenewiceage.com
Seeing is believing. Here are a few sites and companies already
rendered useless by NIA...
J-PACK FLIGHT SYSTEMS
DARK CIRCLES SOFTWARE AND GAMING
SOFT DISTORTION LIGHTING
HALO PUBLISHING CO.
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DTPSD is a covert software company contracted exclusively by the
United States government. After the internet revolution began in the
nineties, the US government has been contracting us to develop
various digital and computer-born methods of warfare. The New Ice Age
virus is the most powerful weapon we've developed to date. If used on
another country, the US could render the country powerless and
moneyless in a matter of days. In the wrong hands, who knows what
damage could be done... We fear that these terrorists have a hidden
agenda to immensely damage our country's economy and maybe even the
world's. It is important that we stop the spread of this virus.
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