Re: To hoax or not to hoax
actually, the email that's being sent around talks about a bill in Congress dealing with the internet and local/long distance phone rates. There IS NO BILL remotely like this. That email, indeed, IS a hoax and I cringe every time it's sent to me (several times a week). The FCC story, however, is real. Most folks who cover Washington, including the FCC, know that the idea of charging long distance phone rates for internet access is a political hot potato. The warning applies, though -- don't send around bits of "news" that you've been emailed without checking them out. On another note: -- there IS a real virus floating around -- called happy99.exe (or something similar). I've received this executable as an attachment four times in the past week, but, thank goodness, didn't open it. If you open it (it's a little video of fireworks in the sky), it'll attach itself to every email that YOU then send out! boo! there's evidently a fix at an url that someone mailed. me. This really IS a virus! dq NP:Elena Skye
Re: To hoax or not to hoax
Diana Quinn wrote: On another note: -- there IS a real virus floating around -- called happy99.exe (or something similar). I've received this executable as an attachment four times in the past week, but, thank goodness, didn't open it. If you open it (it's a little video of fireworks in the sky), it'll attach itself to every email that YOU then send out! boo! there's evidently a fix at an url that someone mailed. me. This really IS a virus! An addendum from the Computer Virus Myths page (http://www.kumite.com/myths/): *** 28 Jan 99 I GOT SWAMPED again with email concerning MSNBC reporter Bob Sullivan's story about "Happy99.EXE." Let me remind everyone: 2.8 trillion other filenames might also contain a virus or Trojan horse. We may wind up reading an MSNBC story about each one. I can't remember 2.8 trillion filenames, so I boiled it down to just two sentences: Beware any file sent by someone you don't know. Beware any file sent by someone you DO know. Let me also remind everyone: computer security alerts never die ... they just get a new life-cycle. *** Dave *** Dave Purcell, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Northern Ky Roots Music: http://w3.one.net/~newport Twangfest: http://www.twangfest.com
