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NAME:	Derffle Virus hoax
ALIAS:	Free Money hoax

The below message is a variant of the Wobbler virus hoax:

 New Virus
 PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING VIRUS MESSAGE!!!

 WARNING!!!!!

 If you receive an e-mail with a file called "Free Money", do
 not open the file. The file contains the "DERFFLE" virus.

 This information was announced yesterday morning from IBM; AOL
 states that this is a very dangerous virus, much worse than
 "Melissa," and that there is  NO remedy for it at this time.

 Someone has succeeded in using the redirect function from Norton
 Utilities  causing it to completely erase all documents on the
 hard drive. It has  been designed to work with Netscape
 Navigator and Microsoft Internet  Explorer. It destroys
 Macintosh and IBM compatible computers.

 This  is a new, very malicious virus and not many people know
 about it.

 Pass this warning along to EVERYONE in your address book and
 please share it with all your online friends ASAP so that this
 threat may be  stopped"

Please don't spread this hoax message if you receive it.