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My New Pics hoax

The message below is a hoax, but take a note that there is an Internet worm called MyPics that spreads itself as an EXE file attachment to a short e-mail message 'Here's some pictures for you' and with empty subject line. So never open unknown attachments.

Also there's a worm called NewPic that uses MSN Messenger to spread. This worm first asks a user: 'hey, want me to send my new pic? i took it yesterday'. If a user agrees, the worm sends itself to that user. Do not accept files if you are asked exactly the same question.

The original hoax message looks like this:

 IF YOU RECEIVE AN EMAIL FROM SOMEONE YOU KNOW WITH  "HEY MY PICS
 ARE IN" OR "GOT MY NEW PICS" IN THE SUBJECT LINE AND YOU OPEN IT
 AND DOWNLOAD IT. ONCE ITS OPENED AND DOWNLOADED...YOU HAVE A
 TROJAN HORSE (VIRUS)!!!!

 IF YOU OPEN IT AND HAVE AN AUTOMATIC DOWNLOAD WHEN YOU POWER
 OFF....YOU HAVE A TROJAN HORSE(VIRUS)!!!!

 IF YOU OPEN IT AND DON'T DOWNLOAD IT...YOU CAN DELETE IT. MANY
 OF MY FRIENDS GOT THE VIRUS...THEIR ANTI-VIRUS PROGRAMS DID NOT
 PICK IT UP AND STOP IT.  THEY HAD A FULL SYSTEM  CRASH AND HAD
 TO HAVE THEIR SYSTEMS REBUILT  OR REBUILT THEM THEMSELVES TO THE
 TUNE OF $300-$400 AND SOME OF THESE FOLKS ARE VERY, VERY
 COMPUTER WISE PEOPLE.

 PLEASE...LETS STOP THIS  S.O.B.    BEFORE YOU  DOWNLOAD ANY PICS
 FROM AN EMAIL THAT YOU THINK IS FROM A FRIEND OF YOURS....TAKE
 THE TIME TO EMAIL HIM OR HER AND FIND OUT IF THEY SENT YOU THE
 PICS IN THE FIRST PLACE.

 THIS IS NOT A JOKE

Please ignore this hoax and do not pass it on.

[Last modified: August 2000]