On Mon, 13 Nov 2000 11:34:54 -0800, Wally Day <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>> Everyone who is compelled to do a good deed by
>> sending a "Virus Warning"  to
>> "all your friends"  should check it out first  as
>> Holly suggests.  That will
>> be a good deed.
>
>Hear, hear! The virus hoax warnings are much like a
>virus in themselves. If each person sends the warning
>to a few friends, pretty soon you've filled up
>thousands of mailboxes, used up thousands of megabytes
>of storage on servers, and pretty much clogged up the
>'net. ALWAYS check out a warning before forwarding it
>to anyone! I like this site for checking, but there
>are many others: http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org

My son was not even born when I first saw the "Win A Holiday" Virus Warning
hoax...


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Cheers,

Ken
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