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F-Secure Hoax Information Pages: Sassy

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Name : Sassy
Type:Hoax
Category:Hoax
Platform:Win32
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Summary
Sassy is a hoax. This is a widely spread AOL hoax. Please do not distribute it around.
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Detailed Description
The original message looks like this:

DO NOT OPEN ANY EMAIL FROM Sassyced@aol.com !!!!!!!!!!
IT LOOKS LIKE A REAL EMAIL!! She?? ALSO HAS A PROFILE!! But it crashes
all your system and will not open AOL unless you type your address and
credit card information!!!!! and u cannot even delete this virus!

The name off the virus is SASSY.SHS
Please send this mail to everyone in your buddy list!!!!!!!!!!!!


We have no evidence of the existance of this virus and we have not
seen SASSY.SHS file so far. If someone ever gets it, please do not
open it and send it to our sample submission address for analysis.

Another variant, using Yahoo.

Tell everyone on your list not to open anything from angell11,
tewwtuler, and sassy!. It is a hard drive killer and a very horrible
virus. If you do not pass this letter to everyone on your buddy list, we
will delete your account. We need to find out who is really using these
accounts. Sorry for the inconvienience. Sincerely, Director of Yahoo
Services, tanwir2001. Right click on the group name of your buddy list
and click Send Message to All in This Group. This is not a joke, It is
from YAHOO.


Please ignore this warning and do not pass it on.
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Last Modified: January 01, 2006