Hi Everyone,
I thought I'd forward this message from my daughter, just in case any of you
get such a havoc-raising message.
Sylvia
Hi Everyone,
I'm forwarding this to all of you just in case someone sends you a message
that could tie up your computer.
Sylvia
In a message dated 11/17/99 11:54:38 AM Mountain Standard Time,
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<< Thought I would share with everyone something that happened on Tuesday
night
... and I hope that you will all pass this to other AOL members.
While I was online Tuesday night, my sister-in-law sent me an IM and told
me
to checkout the profile of another AOL user named CRAZY70707. Not really
thinking much about it, I pulled the profile up ... and in big red
letters,
the word "FROZEN" was at the top of this profile. At first, I thought it
was
some kind of a joke, but when I went to click the profile off of my
screen...I couldn't do anything...I was, as the profile said, frozen.
I sat for a few moments thinking the joke would go away and I could
continue
my time on AOL. This wasn't the way it was going to happen. The only way
I
could get out was to cntrl/alt/delete. When I was able to log on again,
my
computer was sluggish so I logged off again.
A few hours later when I decided to try again...I clicked on my AOL icon
and
a warning came up that I would need to reinstall AOL...it had been
completely
wiped from our system. When Alan got home, he called AOL to see if they
could tell what happened. When he told the AOL rep about CRAZY70707, she
pulled the profile up and guess what...as you might have already
guessed...her computer froze up as mine did.
We had to reinstall 4.0 and 5.0 again ... and we all know how much of a
pain
that is. We have lost everything in our download file, as well as
everything
stored in our favorite places.
I am sending this as a warning to you all .. do not pull this profile up
...
whoever this person is, he's an idiot ... he's been reported and I am
hoping
that AOL is smart and will discontinue his membership. In the meantime,
however, don't get stuck in the same mess that we were ... and, by all
means,
pass this to as many people as you can.
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