GE - virus warning--hoax

Michael Tucker michaelt at neosoft.com
Thu Feb 15 14:53:48 PST 2001


"Brainy"... You could end up spelling that "b-u-t-t-h-e-a-d", if your first step
isn't to courteously inform the sysadmin of the hoax (and how to verify
suspected hoaxes in the future), instead of putting them down to their users. ;-)

Michael

MiB wrote:
> 
> Just goes to show you, net admins can be just as clueless as anyone else.
> You could make yourself look brainy now by informing everyone the admin send
> that it is a hoax.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Storfer, James <Storfer at pbkarchitects.com>
> To: <gatesedge at ansteorra.org>
> Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2001 8:07 AM
> Subject: FW: GE - virus warning--hoax
> 
> > Got this from our network admin. where I work.. I would have thought he
> > would have verified... Apologies...
> >
> > James
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: MiB
> > To: gatesedge at ansteorra.org
> > Sent: 2/14/01 5:26 PM
> > Subject: Re: GE - virus warning--hoax
> >
> > jeez, people, doesn't anyone try to verify these damn hoaxes before
> > sending
> > them out???
> >
> > http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/hoaxes//internetflower.html
> >
> > http://vil.mcafee.com/dispVirus.asp?virus_k=98893&
> >
> > http://www.truthorfiction.com/virus.htm
> >
> > Melanie
> >>
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