[MLUG - DISCUSSION] Some Take Joke Warning Seriously :-)

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From: Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 13:40:14 -0500 (CDT)
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>From SANS newsletter:


 --8 June 2001  Some Take Joke Warning Seriously

A gag warning on a Joke-A-Day site admonishing people to delete the
"insidious" AOL.exe virus was actually taken seriously by some; several
users deleted the AOL program from their computers and some forwarded the
warning to others.

http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6229168.html?tag=prntfr

[Editor's (Grefer) Note: The URL of Owens' spoof provides an interesting
log of how a hoax (or rather, his spoof of a hoax) spreads.
http://www.jokeaday.com/7aolexe.shtml]

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