The Virus Hoax and other Urban Legends

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>>>>> "Jan" == Jan S Haugland <jansh@telepost.no> writes:

    >> I guess these warnings go out to DOS users on the assumption
    >> that they will actually fall for this tripe.

    Jan> Robert,

    Jan> Newbees of all categories fall for it. Of course, no sane
    Jan> newbie would use Unix will they <g>.  The "Good news" story
    Jan> was even repeated on national radio (P4 for locals) here! I
    Jan> phoned the radio reporter and informed him that he'd fallen
    Jan> for a hoax. Boy was he embarrassed! The next hourly news
    Jan> broadcast told that "ahem, it seems this was just a
    Jan> fake. Sorry 'baut that folks." :-)


    Jan> Cheers, - Jan -- http://home.sol.no/jansh/wteng/jwindex.html

Yes, I was really rolling on the floor the first time I saw it.  I did
not at that time think anyone capable of getting out on the internet
with a PC would fall for it.  

Of course, now that we are looking at the wide distribution of Java, I
wonder if the next time this kind of thing goes out it will be real,
but having heard "wolf!" already, nobody will listen...

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