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(idm) FEAR!!!!!! (was 'Virus Alert (Please read this one thoroughly!!!)]')

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1997-09-11 18:09.... (idm) FEAR!!!!!! (was 'Virus Alert (Please read this one thoroughly!!!)]')
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1997-09-11 18:09....alright maybe that last on was utter bollocksbut i just heard about an even worse one call
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Adam Maddison , austinp@headland.co.uk , idm@hyperreal.org , Matt , pault@headland.co.uk , Richard Dytch , Richard Dytch , Tom Price
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Thu, 11 Sep 1997 19:09:34 +0100
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(idm) FEAR!!!!!! (was 'Virus Alert (Please read this one thoroughly!!!)]')
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alright maybe that last on was utter bollocksbut i just heard about an even worse one called 'FEAR'.... read carefully....
quoted 47 lines It will re-write your hard drive. Not only that, but it will> > It will re-write your hard drive. Not only that, but it will > > scramble any disks that are even close to your computer. It will > > recalibrate your refrigerator's coolness setting so all your ice > cream > >melts and > > milk curdles. It will demagnetize the strips on all your credit > cards, > > reprogram your ATM access code, screw up the tracking on your VCR > > and use subspace field harmonics to scratch any CDs you try to > play. > > > > It will give your "ex" your new phone number. It will mix > > antifreeze into your fish tank. It will drink all your beer and > leave > >its > > dirty socks on the coffee table when there's company coming over. > > > > It will hide your car keys when you are late for work and interfere > > with your car radio so that you hear only static while stuck in > >traffic. > > FEAR will make you fall in love with a hardened criminal. It will > give > > you nightmares about circus midgets. It will replace your shampoo > with > > Nair and your Nair with Rograine, all while dating your current > partner > > behind your back and billing their hotel rendezvous to your VISA > card. > > > > It will seduce your grandmother. It does not matter if she is > > dead, such is the power of FEAR. It reaches out beyond the grave > to > >sully > > those things we hold most dear. > > > > FEAR will give you Dutch Elm disease. It will leave the toilet > > seat up and leave the haridryer plugged in dangerous close to a > full > > bathtub. It will wantonly remove the forbidden tags from your > >mattresses and > > pillows, and refill your skim milk with whole. It is insidious and > >subtle. > > It is dangerous and terrifying to behold. It is also a rather > > interesting shade of mauve. > > > > These are just a few signs. Be very, very afraid. AND PLEASE > > FORWARD THIS MESSAGE TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW!!!