Hoax Warnings


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NAME:

AOL2000 Update

Here's the example of the hoax.

 THIS IS A LEGIT VIRUS WARNING -- DON'T DOWNLOAD, FORWARD TO
 TOSEMAIL1 IT WILL COME TO YOU AS "America online year 2000
 Update" it will have a file:

 File:  Y2KFIX.EXE (41229 bytes)
 DL Time (115200 bps): < 1 minute

 DO NOT DOWNLOAD IT, ITS A VIRUS .
 1) IF AOL WANTED TO UPDATE YOUR SYSTEM, THEY WOULD
     DO IT WHILE YOU WERE ONLINE, NOT THIS WAY
 2) IF AOL WERE TO DO IT THIS WAY THEY WOULD JUST SEND
     YOU AN EMAIL TO CONTACT THEIR WEB SITE AND THEN
     DOWNLOAD THE NECESSARY FILE

 IT HAS BEEN REPORTED TO AOL, SO JUST FORWARD TO "TOSEMAIL1"
 THE REST OF IT GOES AS FOLLOWS:

 Hello,

 I am Richard Brunner of the AOL TECH Team and we have recently
 finished work on this project which is the AOL Year 2000 Update.
 The function of this program is to make your AOL version
 completely compatible with the year 2000 bugs that will occur on
 most computers. This program will work on Windows 3.1, Windows
 95, Windows 98, and Macintosh. It has been made to be as
 user-friendly as possible. You just have to:

 1. Double click on the icon
 2. Restart your computer

 and your computer and AOL will automatically be updated. If you
 experience any problems with this file please report them to
 this e-mail address.

 Thanks for your time,
 Richard Brunner
 AOL Tech Staff
 emp#104586027

Ignore this hoax warning and do not pass it on.