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NAME:	NEWYORK BIG DIRT and THE FUCKER message hoax
ALIAS:	WWZ.SIP screensaver hoax

This hoax appeared in May 2001. Originally it was in French. Here's how it looks in English:

 Subject: ATTENTION

 Good evening, please read carefully the following message.

 VERY IMPORTANT MESSAGE !!!The crime prevention center for
 viruses announces:

 - Two new viruses have been discovered, they'll arrive with an
 e-mail with subject NEWYORK BIG DIRT and THE FUCKER

 Microsoft has announced that they're very powerful, even more
 than LoveLetter."

 There is no remedy, they swallow every information from the hard
 disk, destroy Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator. Do not
 open anything with that subject. Only a few people are aware of
 this!

 This message should be forwarded to as many people as possible.

 If you receive by mail a message with an attached screensaver
 named WWZ.SIP: don't open it under any circumstances. Delete it
 immediately. By opening it, you'll lose every data on your hard
 disk. This virus was disclosed 5 days ago, if everybody is
 alerted, the release of this virus will prove a failure.

 THANKS FOR FORWARDING THIS TO EVERYONE IN YOUR ADDRESS BOOK

Please ignore this hoax and don't pass it on. Thanks to Fabrizio Cassoni for the English translation of this hoax.

[Last modified: May 2001]