Re: Another Microsoft Virus

        Please investigate any reports of a new virus before spreading false rumours - see http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/hoax.html. This hoax is listed under the BUDSAVER.EXE and BUDDYLST.ZIP links from this page.

dgoulet_at_vicr.com wrote:
>
> Hey Gang,
>
> I got the following from my daughter, the company she works for is one of
> the victims (yeah, curious George over there opened it). Additionally our Help
> Desk got alerted that this comes attached to some messages from TAARCOM. Read &
> Beware:
>
> READ THIS IMMEDIATELY!
>
> Someone is sending out a very cute 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
> 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
> on-line friends.
> --
> Author:
> INET: dgoulet_at_vicr.com
>
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Received on Mon Jun 19 2000 - 16:32:13 CDT