Virus warnings??????

[Joe Delaronde]

Anyone know if these warnings are for real or a hoax?????>> NEW WARNINGS
>> > >
PASS THIS ON TO EVERYONE IMMEDIATELY!!!
WARNING NO. 1
If you receive any CELCOM Screen Saver. Please do not install it!!!!!! This screen saver is very cool. It shows a NOKIA hand phone, with time messages. After it is activated, the PC cannot boot up at all. It
goes very slow. It destroys your hard disk. The filename is CELLSAVER.EXE

WARNING NO. 2
Beware! If someone named SandMan asks you to check out His page - DO NOT!
>> > >It is at www.geocities.com/vienna/6318. This page Hacks into your C:\drive. DO NOT GO THERE. FORWARD THIS MAIL TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW.

WARNING NO. 3
SEND THIS TO EVERYONE IN YOUR CONTACT LIST! THIS IS NO JOKE!
If you get a E-mail titled: "Win A Holiday" DO NOT open it. Delete it immediately.
Microsoft just announced yesterday that it is a malicious virus that WILL ERASE YOUR HARD DRIVE. At this time there is no remedy.

Joe

[Jack Stoner]

Generally the virus warnings that have "pass this on to everyone immediately" or something similar to that are hoaxes. Have you checked this out to see if it's a hoax.
McAfee has a web page devoted to hoaxes.

[Jack Stoner]

All three are hoaxes according to McAfee's hoax listings.

Following is the info on one of the hoaxes:


"Virus Hoax
CELCOM Screen Saver
The following is a hoax message which may be part of a collection of hoaxes forwarded in an email message. Ignore or delete such a message.

---------beginning of hoax message--------
If you receive any CELCOM Screen Saver please do not install it!!!!!!
This screen saver is very cool. It shows a NOKIA hand phone, with time messages. After it is activated, the PC cannot boot up at all. It goes very slow. It destroys your hard disk. The filename is CELLSAVER.EXE
---------end of hoax message--------"

I'm going to close this post.






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