Descripción
The AltaVista virus scare first appeared in July 1998. Part of the
email reads:
Today interfax press agency I've just got news which are very important if
you use Altavista search engine. The computers which control Altavistas files
has got virus infection.The virus has got the name "Londhouse" and it's very
dangerous.So don't use the Altavista because it's a very big possibility that
you get virus infection to your own computer. You have to understand how big
risk this is to everybody who use the internet. Please, warn your friends
about this risk.
This is another crude attempt to cause concern among computer users
and create unnecessary Internet traffic - at the time of writing there
is no known virus called "Londhouse", and it is also not
possible to become infected with a virus simply by using an Internet
search engine.