Once again, someone is spreading another virus hoax - this one
called the "Wobbler" virus, guraranteed to wipe out your hard drive.
Of course, the information is "reliable" because it's coming from
AOL and IBM (two names *I'd* trust :-).
The wobbler is another in a long line of faux virus. For more
complete information, and a list (appended below) of virus hoaxes in
the wild, see:
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/scares/
Here's the current contents of that page:
Virus hoaxes are false reports about non-existent viruses that cause
concern amongst those unfamiliar with how viruses work. Some hoaxes are
extremely widespread as they are mistakenly distributed by individuals
and companies with the best intentions.
Virus scares are reports which may have some truth about them, but
which often have become greatly exaggerated. Misunderstandings are
real problems often erroneously attributed to computer viruses.
LIST OF CURRENT HOAX VIRUSES:
A moment of silence virus hoax
A.I.D.S. virus hoax
AltaVista virus scare
AOL4FREE virus hoax & Trojan horse
AOL riot virus hoax
AOL riot 2 virus hoax
ASP virus hoax
Baby New Year virus hoax
Back Orifice Trojan horse
Badtimes virus hoax
Bill Gates virus hoax
Bloat, see MPEG virus hoax
Blueballs Are Underrated virus hoax
BUDDYLST.ZIP virus hoax
Budweiser frogs screen-saver scare
Bug's Life, see Budweiser frogs screen-saver scare
California/Wobbler virus hoax
Cat virus hoax
Celcom Screen Saver virus hoax
Elf Bowling virus hoax
Fighting Canaries virus hoax
Frog in a blender/Fish in a bowl
Get more money virus hoax
Good Times virus hoax
Halloween virus hoax
Happy New Year virus hoax
Hilda Turkey scare
Intel/AOL merger hoax
Irina virus hoax
It Takes Guts virus hoax
Java virus scare
Join the Crew virus hoax
Lump of Coal virus hoax
'Millennium' virus misunderstanding
Mobile phone virus hoax
MPEG virus hoax
'My clock says 2097/2098' virus misunderstanding
New virus debug device virus hoax with attached Trojan horse
Open: Very Cool, see A.I.D.S. virus hoax
Penpal Greetings, see Good Times virus hoax
Perrin.exe virus hoax
Phantom Menace virus hoax
PKZ300 Trojan virus scare
Poor Dog virus hoax
Returned or Unable to Deliver virus hoax
Sandman hoax warning
Sassy virus hoax
Teletubbies virus hoax
The Hunger Site scare
Tuxissa virus hoax
Ukraine/Despite virus hoax
Valentine's Greetings virus hoax
Walt Disney greeting, see Bill Gates virus hoax
Win a Holiday virus hoax
Wobbler, see California/Wobbler virus hoax
Y2K7 virus hoax
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