Virus Alert! Please Forward and Distribute Immediately!
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                |   ____|__  |  Association of
                |  |       |_|  Shareware
                |__|   o   |    Professionals
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      A computer virus was distributed by  the  Association
      of Shareware Professionals. The ASP wants to make sure
      that the shareware  principle works  for you. To prevent
      this virus from getting into the hands of children or
      people who might deliberately or accidentally cause
      harm, you are requested to contact these officials for
      clarification before using any software displaying the
      logo shown above.

      Bill Dickson    president@asp-shareware.org
      Tim Bougan      76004.1543@compuserve.com
      Harold Holmes   hholmes@lincolnbeach.com
      Tom Guthery     flixprod@eden.com
      Ross Greenberg  ross_msn@msn.com
      Borje Hagsten   hagsten@algonet.se
      Phill Hellewell phelle@globalnet.co.uk

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 The above note uses the old ASP logo (a registered trade mark) without permission and seems to be an attempt by some individual to disparage the ASP and the software of its members. In addition to the (typical for hoaxes) request to "forward and distribute" it includes the email addresses of some ASP officials in an attempt to annoy these individuals. Note that it does not mention where the supposed virus is located. If it really wanted to help you, it would certainly tell you what to avoid. Instead it tries to implicate all ASP member software. The ASP does NOT distribute software as implied by the above note.