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Guyreino
11-05-2002, 05:30 AM
READ IMMEDIATELY AND PASS ON TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW




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.
This is VERY important. If you receive a screen saver from a friend or
anyone you may not know with the Budweiser Frogs in it, DO NOT DOWNLOAD IT
OR OPEN THE FILE! Press the forward button on your email program and send this notice to EVERYONE you know. Let's keep our email safe for everyone. _____

maysie
11-05-2002, 06:25 AM
This one is a hoax.

Here are the details:
BUDSAVER.EXE is not a virus. It is a hoax.

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.

NIGHTOWL4
11-05-2002, 08:28 AM
Think we can send all these wierdos to some
deserted island where they will have to eat
bugs and drink mosquito larva infested water?

DreamWarrior
11-05-2002, 09:30 AM
Originally posted by NIGHTOWL4
Think we can send all these wierdos to some
deserted island where they will have to eat
bugs and drink mosquito larva infested water?



HA HA HA HA HA Wouldnt that be nice???? LOL