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F-Secure Hoax Information Pages: AOL2000 Update
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Summary
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| AOL2000 Update is a hoax. |
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Detailed Description
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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. |
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Last Modified: January 01, 2006
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