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<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" width="95%" align="center"> <tr bgcolor="#234c6f"><td> <table border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1"> <tr bgcolor="#234c6f"> <td colspan="2" align="left"> <font size="3" color="#FFFFFF" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>T O P I C ��� R E V I E W</b> </font></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#A3B9CC"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Baloo</b> <br /><small>Member # 5</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(1999,8,10,20,31,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">September 10, 1999</span> <span class="timeformat-0">08:31 PM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> I don't know if any of you get these things a lot, but my cousins are trained not to forward virus warnings untill they have given me a chance to check them out.<P><blockquote>Subject: <BR>"How to Give a Cat a Colonic" virus hoax<BR>Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 06:58:47 -0600<BR>From: "Robert C. Dunehew" <dunehewrc@3lefties.com><BR>To: BRENT GRIFFITH <address_deleted@prodigy.net><P>This appears to be a mutation of the "Win a holiday" virus hoax. The subject line of the "virused mail" reminds me of a Mark Twain quote: "A boy carrying a cat is learning something he can learn no other way". Somehow I think giving a cat a colonic is likely to be just as "educational". <P>Robert (Baloo) Dunehew <BR>dunehewrc@3lefties.com <P>Alpha Quadrant Institute of Technology <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/area51/shire/8641" TARGET=_blank>http://www.geocities.com/area51/shire/8641</A> <P>Starfleet Military Reserves <A HREF="http://members.tripod.com/~SMR4124/index.html" TARGET=_blank>http://members.tripod.com/~SMR4124/index.html</A> <P>Come Hither and Yawn... <A HREF="http://members.tripod.com/~Bob_Baloo/index.htm" TARGET=_blank>http://members.tripod.com/~Bob_Baloo/index.htm</A> <P><I>BRENT GRIFFITH wrote: <P>Hey Robert-I received this e-mail and thought you would be the person to ask. What about it? Ever heard of it or is it another hoax? I personally have never heard of the 'cat colonic..' but then I lead a sheltered life!! I enjoy the e-mails from you. Thought the web-sites were kinds cool. Does that make me a sicko? <BR>Darla Dunehew Griffith @ address_deleted@prodigy.net<BR> <BR><OL>Subject: IBM VIRUS ALERT <P>Incase you recieve an email titled "How to Give a Cat a Colonic" DO NOT OPEN IT. iT WILL ERASE EVERYTHING ON YOUR HARD DRIVE.</OL></I><P>The above all-caps warning is a common element of virus hoaxes. All hoax viruses cause catastrophic failure of some sort (in theory, since they're hoaxes, they really don't do anything). <P><I><OL>Forward this to everyone you can.</OL></I> <P>Yeah, sure. Clog your server's email function so the virus can't find it's way through the traffic. <P><OL><I>It's a very malicious virus and not many people know about it.</I></OL> <P>Well, I suppose it <I>is</I> malicious to send bogus warnings to people in the hope of panicking them...? And of course, if it doesn't exist, few people are likely to know of it either, huh?<P><OL><I>This was announced by IBM. This is a very dangerous virus and there is no remedy for it at this time. Please take precautionary measures and forward this ASAP</I></OL><P>Ja, sure, youbetcha! First, IBM is not in the business of issuing virus warnings. Even if they did discover a new virus, they would simply call in legitimate virus experts who would call in the authorities (like CIAC). CIAC would then issue a warning. An official CIAC warning will give technical details (not just technical-<I>sounding</I> details) about how the virus operated and how to counter it (no virus is unstoppable. Most are very poorly written code.) They would also provide a digital signature encoded by a PGP key. It's virtually impossible to forge a digital signature (unless you've got a super computer and a decade of spare time). <P>Good resources for checking these things out are : <P>The CIAC web site at <A HREF="http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/" TARGET=_blank>http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/</A> and <P>the Computer Virus Myths web site at [url]http://kumite.com/myths/ [/url]<P>Check them out when you have time to spare (warning: CVM is more entertaining than CIAC. CIAC can be pretty dry, but the hoax warnings & commentary are kind of funny).</blockquote><P>Just thought I'd share the above in case someone tells <I>you</I> about the "Cat Colonic Virus".<P>------------------<BR>In the race against ignorance, ignorance has a head start.<BR><A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Shire/8641/" TARGET=_blank>www.geocities.com/Area51/Shire/8641/</A> <P><BR> <br /> </font> </td></tr> </table></td></tr></table> <br /> <br />
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