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To: jc2020 who wrote (33781)10/25/2000 3:14:29 PM
From: TigerPaw  Respond to of 54805
 
Wobbler
Nastiness No nastiness - It's a hoax!
Variants or AKA California, How to Give a Cat a Colonic
Affects Internet Users
Discovery Date 1999
Origin Unknown
Type(s) HOAX
Removal Method This is a HOAX - ignore the warnings, it is NOT a virus!

Details
This is an email hoax, a bad sort of joke. It is not a virus - please do not distribute this hoax to others. Full text of the hoax .....

From antivirus.about.com



To: jc2020 who wrote (33781)10/25/2000 3:30:46 PM
From: StockHawk  Respond to of 54805
 
>>Not many people seem to know about this yet so propagate it as fast as possible.<<

That line usually indicates that the warning is a hoax. The idea behind it is to have so many emails sent that corporate servers get overwhelmed and crash. It's sad that some people think this sort of thing is funny.