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NAME:Phantom Menace virus hoax

The below message is a hoax:

 Subject: VIRUS ALERT
 Importance: High

 PLEASE LOOK OUT FOR A MAIL MESSAGE YOU MAY RECEIVE WITH THE
 SUBJECT "PHANTOM MENACE" TO DO WITH THE NAME OF THE FILM EPISODE
 ONE.

 PLEASE DO NOT OPEN AS IT IS ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL VIRUSES
 KNOWN TO DATE. IT IS ONLY AROUND 3 DAYS OLD AND IS ON THE
 INTERNET.  MICROSOFT ESTIMATE THAT IT WILL CAUSE SOME US$100
 MILLION OF DAMAGE BEFORE AN ANTI-VIRUS IS DEVELOPED. IT WILL
 DESTROY ALL MICROSOFT PROGRAMMES AND MEMORY AND ENTERS THROUGH
 MAIL ON THE INTERNET.

 THE FILE NAME IS :
 Att1.unk

 PLEASE FORWARD THIS MESSAGE TO ALL YOUR CONTACTS

Please don't forward this message if you receive it.