HOAX!!! [re: [LI] WARNING]

[Suresh Ramasubramanian <suresh@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Warning:
> on December 25, 1999 you may receive an email called, Lump of Coal...do
> Pass this on as soon as you can to get the WORD out!!!  This is not a
> hoax....this was reported on the CBS morning news August 20,1999. Watch

Chetu - am sorry but it IS a hoax.  Instead of seeing CBS (or most
likely reading a fw fw from some reliable source) - see for yourself :-)

www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/lump.of.coal.hoax.html

Lump of Coal Virus Hoax 
Aliases:  None                    
Known Variants:                   Hoax
Infection Length: 		  Hoax

8< -snip-

Region Reported:	Email

Characteristics:	Hoax

The following message has been sent out by email. It is a hoax. This
"virus" does
not exist.

8< YOUR EXACT MESSAGE :-)

Please ignore any messages regarding this supposed "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
Sept 7, 1999
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