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Jae Walker <[log in to unmask]>
Thu, 26 Oct 2000 09:43:26 -0400
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At 08:42 AM 10/26/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>Just a quick check before I check further; doesn't anyone know whether
>this warning, sent to one of my lists this morning, is legit or not?

Wobbler is a really, really old hoax.

http://www.Vmyths.com/hoax.cfm

A typical variation on the original Good Times hoax virus alert (see
related link). It claims your computer will suffer a horrible death if you
receive an email with the subject line "California" or with an attachment
named "California".

Like most hoax alerts, it urges you to forward it to others because "not
many people seem to know about this yet." It also claims IBM and AOL
declared Wobbler more dangerous and more powerful than Melissa. Naturally,
the hoax alert claims "there is no remedy" available if your computer gets
infected.
-07/25/00

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