Hoax Warnings


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NAME:	Turkey Mail
ALIAS:	Turkey Mail warning

This is a warning on an e-mail attachment that might delete data when executed. It is always a good idea not to accept executables in e-mail from strangers and to be careful with any unknown programs. However, this warning seems to be quite widespread even though no virus researcher has ever seen the TURKEY.EXE which this message mentions. Thus, there is no need to forward this warning any further. The original warning looks like this:

 A friend of mine just opened up an e-mail called A Thanksgiving
 Turkey (a greeting card type thing, an .exe file) that is now
 eating her hard drive. Do NOT OPEN THE TURKEY MAIL!! DELETE IT
 IF YOU GOT IT!!!!! Do not open (double-click) on the turkey leg
 picture (the .exe).

Do not distribute this warning.