COMPUTER VIRUS WARNING

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paupertate"
"this is our common fault; here we live in ostentatious poverty"
Juvenal, Satires 3.182-3




>From: YOC14@aol.com
>To: YOC14@aol.com
>Subject: COMPUTER VIRUS WARNING
>Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 17:19:59 EST
>
>This might be a hoax but in case it is the real thing I am  passing it on
>to
>you:
>
>
>WORST VIRUS EVER ---CNN  ANNOUNCED  ~
>PLEASE SEND THIS TO  EVERYONE ON  YOUR CONTACT LIST!!!
>A new virus has just been  discovered that has been classified by Microsoft
>as the most destructive  ever
>This virus was  discovered  yesterday afternoon by  McAfee and no vaccine
>has
>
>yet ! been developed.    This  virus simply destroys Sector Zero from  the
>hard disk,
>where vital information for  its functioning are stored.
>This  virus acts in the following manner:
>It sends itself  automatically to all contacts on your list with the title
>"A Card for You".
>As soon as the supposed  virtual card is opened the computer
>freezes so that the user  has to reboot. When the ctrl+alt+del keys or the
>reset button are pressed,  the virus destroys Sector Zero, thus permanently
>destroying the hard disk.  Yesterday in just a few hours this virus caused
>panic in New York,  according to news broadcast by CNN. This alert was
>received by an  employee of  Microsoft itself.
>So don't open any mails  with subject: "A Virtual Card for You."
>As soon as you get the  mail, delete it!!!   Even if  you know the sender
>!!!
>
>Please  pass this mail to all of your friends.
>Forward this to everyone  in  your address book. I'm sure most  people,
>like
>myself,
>would rather  receive this notice 25 times than not at all.

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