Content

Perrin.exe

Type
Hoax
SubType
E-mail
Discovery Date
03/01/1999
Length
N/A
Minimum DAT
N/A ( )
Updated DAT
N/A ( )
Minimum Engine
5.1.00
Description Added
11/08/1999
Description Modified
04/09/2002 11:09 AM (PT)
Risk Assessment
Corporate User
N/A
Home User
N/A

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AVERT HOAX Notice!!

McAfee AVERT Labs would like to inform you of a new email HOAX.

This email message is just a HOAX. Although, executable files may become infected by a number of valid viruses, the details of this HOAX message are not based on actual events.

We are advising users who receive the email to delete the message and DO NOT pass it on as this is how an email HOAX propagates.

Below is the actual text from the message that may be received via email. There are numerous variations on these messages.

(English version)

(Spanish version)

Again, if you receive this email delete it and DO NOT pass it on.

McAfee AVERT

Symptoms

Method of Infection

Removal

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Variants

Variants

    N/A

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Characteristics

Characteristics -

AVERT HOAX Notice!!

McAfee AVERT Labs would like to inform you of a new email HOAX.

This email message is just a HOAX. Although, executable files may become infected by a number of valid viruses, the details of this HOAX message are not based on actual events.

We are advising users who receive the email to delete the message and DO NOT pass it on as this is how an email HOAX propagates.

Below is the actual text from the message that may be received via email. There are numerous variations on these messages.

(English version)

(Spanish version)

Again, if you receive this email delete it and DO NOT pass it on.

McAfee AVERT

Symptoms

Symptoms -

Method of Infection

Method of Infection -

Removal -

Removal -

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Variants

Variants -

    N/A