Profile Name: Bud
Frogs Screen Saver Hoax
Aliases: None known as at 17th. March 2004
Variants: None known as at 17th. March 2004
Date Added: 28th. January 1999
Further Information:
Origin: Not available
Length: Not available
Type: Hoax
SubType: E-mail
Risk Assessment: Low
Characteristics: This is NOTan
actual virus. Below is a copy of the actual text
which was circulated.
QUOTE:
1.) BUD FROGS SCREEN SAVER PASS THIS ON FAST AND FAR--VIRUS
WARNING
DANGER!!! VIRUS ALERT!!!
THIS IS A NEW TWIST. SOME SCAM-ARTIST IS SENDING OUT A
VERY
DESIRABLE SCREEN-SAVER (THE BUD FROGS), BUT IF YOU
DOWN-LOAD IT, YOU'LL LOSE EVERYTHING!!!!
DON'T DOWNLOAD THIS UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES!!! HERE'S
EXACTLY WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE - AN EXACT COPY....DO NOT
DOWNLOAD THE BELOW...JUST BEWARE OFIT.
IT JUST WENT INTO CIRCULATION YESTERDAY, AS FAR AS WE
KNOW....BE CAREFUL.
"SAJ" 5/13/97 . . . . PLEASE DISTRIBUTE TO AS MANY PEOPLE
AS
POSSIBLE ...THANX TO ABYTEDOC / BYTEDOC1 FOR THIS INPUT.
OR
DANGER!!! VIRUS ALERT!!!
THIS IS A NEW TWIST. SOME CREEPOID SCAM-ARTIST IS SENDING
OUT A VERY DESIRABLE SCREEN-SAVER {{THE BUD FROGS}}.
IF YOU
DOWN-LOAD IT, YOU'LL LOSE EVERYTHING!!!! YOUR HARD DRIVE
WILL <<>> CRASH!!
DON'T DOWNLOAD THIS UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES!!! IT JUST
WENT INTO CIRCULATION ON 05/13/97, AS FAR AS I KNOW!!
PLEASE DISTRIBUTE THIS WARNING TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS
POSSIBLE... BELOW IS WHAT THE SCREENSAVER PROGGIE WOULD
LQQK LIKE!
File: BUDSAVER.EXE (24643 bytes) DL Time (28800 bps):
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1 minute
END OF QUOTE
Symptoms: Not Available...
Method Of Infection: Not Available...
Removal Instructions: Not Available...
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