My new pics

Last Updated: 05/09/2001 09:31 AM

This is a hoax. The "virus" does not exist. There is currently no virus that has the characteristics ascribed to it. It is a sham, meant only to panic new or inexperienced computer users.

The hoax message includes the following "warning:"

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 any messages regarding this hoax and please do not pass on any messages regarding it. Passing on these messages only serves to further propagate it.

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