Buddylst, "Win a Holiday", Screen Saver, and "Unable to Deliver"
Hoaxes

Yet Another Combination of Existing Hoaxes.
"THIS IS A NEW TWIST. Someone is sending out a very desirable
screen-saver the Budweiser Frogs. But if you download it,
you will lose everything!!! Your hard drive will crash!!!
DON'T DOWNLOAD THIS UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES!!! IT JUST WENT INTO
CIRCULATION YESTERDAY, AS FAR AS WE KNOW....BECAREFUL. PLEASE
DISTRIBUTE THIS TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE ...THANX BELOW
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WARNING!!!
A computer virus is going around! It is called BUDDYLST.ZIP! Do
not download or some jerk from the internet will get your screen
name and password! Please send this to any names you can think
of and remember never download BUDDYLST.ZIP
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VIRUS WARNING!! If you receive an EMail titled "WIN A HOLIDAY"
...DO NOT open it. It will erase everything in your hard drive.
Forward this letter out to as many people as you can. This is a
new, very malicious virus and not many people know about it.
This information was announced yesterday morning from Microsoft.
Please share it with everyone that might access the internet.
Once again, pass this along to EVERYONE in your address book so
that this may be stopped.
This combined hoax now continues with one of the most commonly repeated hoaxes:
the "RETURNED OR UNABLE TO DELIVER" hoax. This hoax seems to be popular (and often scares people!) because almost everyone has actually received mail with such a title. This a typical subject on an email message that informs you that a message you sent couldn't be delivered to its intended recipient. (Often there is a problem on the internet or something is wrong with the email address.)
Also do not open or even look at any
mail that says "RETURNED OR UNABLE TO DELIVER".
This virus will attach itself to your computer components and
render them useless. Immediately delete any mail items that say
this. AOL has said that this is a very dangerous virus and
that there is NO remedy for it at this time. Please practice
cautionary measures and forward this to all your on-line friends
ASAP."
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