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Extract of antivirus research center :
Description
BUDSAVER.EXE is not a virus. It is a hoax. The "virus" does not exist. There
is currently no virus that has the characteristics ascribed to BUDSAVER.EXE. It
is a sham, meant only to panic new or inexperienced computer users.
The hoax message includes one of the following "warnings":
Warning #1
DANGER! VIRUS ALERT!
THIS IS A NEW TWIST. SOME CREEPOID SCAM-ARTIST IS
SENDING OUT A VERY DESIRABLE SCREEN-SAVER {{THE BUD
FROGS}}. IF YOU DOWNLOAD IT, YOU'LL LOSE EVERYTHING!!!!
YOUR HARD DRIVE WILL <<>> CRASH!!
DON'T DOWNLOAD THIS UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES!!! IT JUST
WENT INTOCIRCULATION ON 05/13/97, AS FAR AS I KNOW!!
PLEASE DISTRIBUTE THIS WARNING TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS
POSSIBLE... BELOW IS WHAT THE SCREENSAVER PROGGIE WOULD
LQQK LIKE!
File: BUDSAVER.EXE (24643 bytes)
DL Time (28800 bps): < 1 minute
Warning #2
READ THIS MESSAGE IMMEDIATELY
Someone is sending out a screen-saver of the Budweiser
frogs. If you download it, you will lose everything!
Your hard drive will crash and someone from the
Internet will get your screen name and password!
DO NOT DOWNLOAD IT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES! It
just went into circulation yesterday, as far as we
know. Please distribute this message. This is a new,
very malicious virus and not many people know about it.
This information was announced yesterday morning from
Microsoft. 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 to
all your contacts.
You usually can notice that this sort of warning is not relevant because no link to Microsoft's web site was given this message just did not look as a warning message from Microsoft. Don't panic. Hope it helps, Regards, Marc
----- Original Message -----
To: '1asia,
Finance' ; '1asia, KY Chin (Director)' ; '1asia, Pacific, Patrick (AM)' ; 'Azidah' ;
'Chang, Kok Kuan' ; 'Cheok,
Lay-Leng' ; 'Chin Nyaw Chook' ; 'Choo,
Yoon Yan' ; 'CIE, Lu (PM)' ; 'CIE, Ly Chan
(VP)' ; 'CIE, Mei Len (VP)' ; 'address@hidden' ; 'address@hidden' ; 'Khoo, Bee
Leng' ; 'Khor, Andrew Chih Howe' ; 'Law, Hock
Yin' ; 'Ngoo, Seong Boon' ; 'Ooi, Su
Yin' ; 'Patrick Chew' ; 'Puah, Kenny Lai Kian' ; 'Richard Tan' ; 'Sachin'
; 'SE TIANG
CHEAH' ; 'Seow, Chen Yong' ; 'Seth Nair, Remesh' ; 'Siau, Jonathan Seng Meng' ; 'Sutuch
Huyakorn' ; 'Tan, Wooi Ming' ; 'Teoh, Gary Chee Wooi' ; 'Teres Alexis, Alan Previn' ; 'Tsen,
Seong Fook' ; 'address@hidden' ; 'address@hidden'
; 'Yeoh Phee
Guan' ; 'Yoh,
Kien Seng'
Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 5:05 AM
Subject: [twsocket] FW: malicious
virus
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Tan [SMTP:address@hidden]
Sent:
Tuesday, May 30, 2000 9:26 AM
To: Yunus; yee; address@hidden;
wm-confirm-955943433+sub+webmonkey+hotbot+richard=qstor.com-f9af0b83b9c0
address@hidden;
Wendy Loang; Wendy Dall;
address@hidden; Veronica Ng;
Tony Pua; Teo Puey Goh; Tan Yu Ting;
Suzlinda; Steve Armstrong; samuel; address@hidden;
Roslan - Altek; Roslan; Robert Benaim & Associates; richard;
Ricardo C.
Berrios; Poh Choo; Pico; Perlis Mr Cheng; penny; patrick chew;
NOORMINSHAH
AHAD; address@hidden;
Niisa; Mr. CARI; mah;
lulu; Low Hann Ping; lonepine; Lawrence Chow; Kwong
Tse Meng; Kwong;
address@hidden; KL Chin; kenneth
Chong; Keith Dickinson; Joyce Maluda;
address@hidden; John Mah; James
Cameron; Jacob Kunoe; Jack Khoo Lai
Eng; Ishmel; Hollis Lee; Farouk
Hashim; David Yam; Chips Lau; chin nyaw
chook; Chin KY; Cheng Heok Peng;
address@hidden; Anil
Hemrajani;
andre ong; address@hidden; amelia ong; allan
ong; address@hidden;
Alan_DNA
Subject: malicious virus
Subject: READ IMMEDIATELY READ
AND PASS ON
Someone is sending out a very cute screensaver of the
Budweiser frogs.
If you download it, you will lose everything! Your
hard drive will crash
and someone from the Internet will get your
screen name and password!
DO NOT DOWNLOAD IT UNDER ANY
CIRCUMSTANCES!
It just went into circulation yesterday. Please
distribute this
message. This is a new, very malicious virus and not
many people know about
it.
This information was announced yesterday
morning from Microsoft.
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.
Subject: READ IMMEDIATELY READ AND PASS ON
Someone is sending out a very cute screensaver of the Budweiser frogs.
If you download it, you will lose everything! Your hard drive will
crash
and someone from the Internet will get your screen name and password!
DO NOT DOWNLOAD IT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES!
It just went into circulation yesterday. Please distribute this
message. This is a new, very malicious virus and not many people know about
it.
This information was announced yesterday morning from Microsoft.
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.
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