latest virus hoax

[Doug Yanega]

On the theory that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, be
warned a new "virus" hoax is passing around:
 
>>Please read carefully:  A new virus:  WOBBLER.
>>
>>Just in case you do not know about it yet, please read the information
>>below.
>>
>>It will arrive on e-mail titled "CALIFORNIA".  IBM and AOL have
>>announced that it is VERY powerful, more so than Melissa, and there is
>>no remedy.  It will EAT all your information on the hard drive and [snip]
 
This hoax is explained at
http://www.europe.datafellows.com/v-descs/wobbhoax.htm
and probably other sites.
 
Now none of you kind folks has an excuse to believe it when you get it, or
pass it on. If you do receive it, pass the above info on to whoever sent
the hoax to you and encourage them to pass a retraction along. Same goes
for ALL suspicious-sounding messages, like "Congress wants tax on e-mail",
"Long distance charges for e-mail", "IBM gives away free computers", "HIV
needles in theater seats", "Cyanide on ATM envelopes", "E-mail petition for
XYZ", etc. - never trust ANYTHING that urges you to "pass it on". Always
check first, before passing things on. Lousy smart-ass practical jokers are
almost worse than *real* viruses.
 
Peace,
 
 
Doug Yanega       Dept. of Entomology           Entomology Research Museum
Univ. of California - Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521
phone: (909) 787-4315 (standard disclaimer: opinions are mine, not UCR's)
                http://insects.ucr.edu/staff/yanega.html
  "There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness
        is the true method" - Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Chap. 82