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F-Secure Hoax Information Pages: How to Give a Cat a Colonic hoax
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Summary
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| How to Give a Cat a Colonic is a hoax.There are also French and Dutch versions of this hoax. Please ignore all of these messages and do not pass them on. |
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Detailed Description
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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. |
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Last Modified: January 01, 2006
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