CounterPunch wrote:
> > FYI: New Virus Warning
> >
> > A new virus - WOBBLER It will arrive on E-mail titled
> > >"CALIFORNIA". IBM and AOL have announced that it is VERY powerful, more
> > >so than Melissa, there is no remedy. It will EAT all your information on
> > >the hard drive and also destroys Netscape Navigator and Microsoft
> > >Internet Explorer. Do not open anything with this title and please pass
> > >this message on to all your contacts and anyone who uses your e-mail
> > >facility. Not many people seem to know about this yet, so propagate it
> > >as fast as possible!
From the Symantec Anti-Virus Research Center <http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/wobbler-hoax.html>:
>VirusName: WOBBLER Virus Hoax
>Aliases: none
>Known Variants: Hoax
>Infection Length: Hoax
>Area of Infection: Hoax
>Likelihood: Hoax
>Region Reported: email
>Keys: Hoax
>
>Description:
>This information is a hoax and should be ignored.
>Sample of hoax message:
>
>Dear All,
>For your reference, take necessary precautions. If you receive an
>email with a file called California, do not open the file. The file
>contains WOBBLER virus.
>
>WARNING
>This information was announced yesterday morning from IBM; AOL
>states that this is a very dangerous virus, much worse than
>"Melissa", and that there is NO remedy for it at this time. Some
>very sick individual has succeeded in using the reformat function
>from Norton Utilities causing it to completely erase all documents
>on the hard drive. It has been designed to work with Netscape
>Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer. It destroys Macintosh and
>IBM compatible computers. This is a new, very malicious virus and
>not many people know about it.
>Please ignore any messages regarding this "hoax" and do not pass on
>any messages regarding it. Passing on messages about this hoax
>serves only to further propagate it.
>Write-up by: Motoaki Yamamura
>Updated: May 15, 1999
Doug