Re: [CR]New computer virus discovered by Microsoft

To: Peter Naiman <hetchinspete1@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]New computer virus discovered by Microsoft
References: <20050208205212.33660.qmail@web53506.mail.yahoo.com>
From: "Morgan Fletcher" <morgan@hahaha.org>
Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2005 13:00:23 -0800
In-Reply-To: <20050208205212.33660.qmail@web53506.mail.yahoo.com> (Peter Naiman's message of "Tue, 8 Feb 2005 12:52:12 -0800 (PST)")
cc: classicrendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
cc: classicrendezvous

Peter Naiman <hetchinspete1@yahoo.com> writes:
> This may be off topic for the CR, but I received the letter below about a
> new virus from a close relative back East and thought I'd pass it
> along. Below my salutation is the letter.

It's a hoax, Peter.

http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/card.asp

Best to check this sort of thing before you pass it along. In this case, the virus _is_ the hoax email.

Morgan -- Morgan Fletcher, morgan@hahaha.org Oakland, CA