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Re: [SG] OT:Virus - no joke

PLEASE PEOPLE.  This is one of the list-owners speaking.  Just
opening the email CAN be enough to trigger the virus.  Someone in
a chat room (stranger to my son) sent him the email and his virus
checker wasn't up-to-date enough to catch it.  The screen flashed
"Have a nice day" and everything went down.  Took about 15
seconds max.

I am NOT trying to pass on someone's email warning about this.
This is what REALLY happened at our house!

Diana Pederson, Michigan, Zone 5, United States
SUITE101 Editor:  http://www.suite101.com/topics/page.cfm/262
Home page:
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/1945/index.html
-----Original Message-----
> I checked some hoax warning sites and they state that this is a
> new hoax.  One of the telltale signs of its being a hoax is
> the warning that merely opening the email will activate the
virus.
> This can't happen.  Also, when they say to forward the message
> to everyone you know, that's an indicator, too.
>
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