I just checked this virus alert against the list at the datafellows site
http://www.datafellows.com/hoaxes
It seems this alert is a hoax.

Janice Sowokinos

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From: Doreen <[log in to unmask]>
To: Date: Thursday, January 20, 2000 12:05 PM
Subject: NEW VIRUS ALERT


>Hi list members
>
>Just thought you should all have a quick look at the following:
>
>
>NEW VIRUS
>
>We have been informed of a new virus - WOBBLER. It will arrive on e-mail
>titled "How to Give a Cat a Colonic."
>
>IBM and AOL have announced that it is very powerful, more so than Melissa
>and that there is no remedy. It will eat all your information on the hard
>drive and also destroys Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer.
>Do not open anything with this title and please pass this message on. Not
>many people seem to know about this yet so propagate it as fast as
possible.
>This information was announced yesterday morning by IBM.
>
>Please share it with everyone in your address book so that the spreading of
>the virus may be stopped. This is a very dangerous virus and there is no
>remedy for it at this time.
>
>Please practice cautionary measures and forward this to all your online
>friends ASAP
>
>
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