Hoax Warnings


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Hacker Riot

This is not a virus but a widespread hoax. Somebody has been distributing e-mail messages like the one below in the internet. The origins of this message are related to a campaign on AOL (America Online), but the most widespread version of this warning has all references to AOL removed. Ignore these warnings and do not pass them on.

 Date: Sun, 9 Feb 1997 21:35:59 -0500 (EST)
 Subject: Fwd: This is serious guys Fw: Important Please Read!!!
 VIRUS ALERT!!!!!!!!!!!...

 THERE IS GOING TO BE A RIOT FEB 14 OF HACKERS SO I WOULD NOT GET
 ON THAT WHOLE  DAY I AM TELLING YOU THIS BECAUSE YOU ARE MY
 FRIENDS AND I DONT WANT YOUR COM TO GET INFECTED FROM A HACKERS
 IDEA OF A FUN TIME. SOME THINGS THEY ARE GOING TO DO IS MAIL
 BOMB AND GIVE VIRUSES AND TOS PEPOLE OFF SO IF I WERE YOU I
 WOULD TELL ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS AND FORWARD THIS TO AS MANY
 PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE AND CLEAR OUT YOUR MAIL BOXES THE DAY BEFORE
 AND DONT READ ANYTHING THE DAY AFTER JUST DELET IT ALL. THIS IS
 NOT A JOKE PLESES SEND IT TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS SOON AS YOU CAN!

For more information on the AOL Riot attempt, check out this article at www.news.com or the article at www.wired.com (http://www.wired.com/news/culture/story/2088.html).