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Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 15:44:59 -0500 (EST)
From: Mike Dresser <mdresser@windsormachine.com>
To: Andre Hedrick <andre@linux-ide.org>
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Subject: Re: Microsoft ZERO Sector Virus, Result of Taskfile WAR
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Sorry Andre, but this one's a hoax.

http://service1.symantec.com/sarc/sarc.nsf/html/Virtual.Card.for.you.html

On Tue, 6 Mar 2001, Andre Hedrick wrote:

> > >This virus acts in the following manner: It sends
> > >itself automatically to all contacts on your list
> > >with the title "A Virtual 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.

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