Hoax Warnings


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How to Give a Cat a Colonic hoax

The hoax message looks like this:

 IF YOU RECEIVE AN E-MAIL ENTITLED, "HOW TO GIVE A CAT A
 COLONIC," DO NOT OPEN IT!!!!!!!!

 It will erase everything on your hard drive. Forward this letter
 out to as many people as you can. This is a new, very malicious
 virus and not many people know about it This information was
 announced by IBM Please share it with everyone that might access
 the Internet. Once again, pass this along to EVERYONE in your
 address book so that this may be stopped. AOL has said that this
 is a very dangerous virus and that there is NO remedy for it at
 this time. Please practice cautionary measures and forward this
 message to all your online friends ASAP.

There is a variant of this hoax:

 Subject: New Virus I have been informed of a new virus - WOBBLER.

 It will arrive on e-mail titled "How to Give a Cat a Colonic."

 CALIFORNIA IBM and AOL have announced that it is very powerful,
 more than Melissa.

 There is no remedy.

 It will eat all your information on the hard drive and also
 destroys Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer.

 Do not open anything with this title and please pass this
 message on to all your contacts and anyone who uses your e-mail
 facility.

 Not many people seem to know about this yet so propagate it as
 fast as possible.

 This information was announced yesterday morning by IBM; please
 share it with everyone in your address book so that the
 spreading of the virus may be stopped.

 This is a very dangerous virus and there is no remedy for it at
 this time.

Another variant:

 IBM and AOL have just reported that a new Virus is on the loose.
 It will arrive on an  e-mail titled : " How to Give a Cat a
 Colonic " IBM and AOL have announced that it is VERY Melissa,
 and that there is NO  known remedy.  This virus will eat all
 your information on the hard drive, and also destroy Netscape
 Navigator and Microsoft  Internet Explorer. Do NOT open anything
 with this title and please  pass this information as fast as
 possible. This information was announced yesterday morning  by
 IBM. Please share it with everyone in your address  book
 spreading of the virus may be stopped. This is a very  dangerous
 is remedy for it at this time. Please  practice cautionary
 measures and this to all your online friends  A.S.A.P and,
 preferably, immediately you read this e-mail.

There are also French and Dutch versions of this hoax. Please ignore all of these messages and do not pass them on.