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Pokemon hoax

Type
Hoax
SubType
E-mail
Discovery Date
04/16/2000
Length
Minimum DAT
N/A ( )
Updated DAT
N/A ( )
Minimum Engine
5.1.00
Description Added
04/17/2000
Description Modified
01/08/2001 2:24 PM (PT)
Risk Assessment
Corporate User
N/A
Home User
N/A

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Characteristics

*Update 08/24/2000:
This hoax was public prior to the Internet worm "Pikachu" was discovered. It is possible the worm was created after this hoax was published. The message below is a hoax because it suggests that an email named "POKEMON" is destructive, without mention of a file attachment.

The following is a copy of a hoax. Disregard messages which match or might be similarly related to this:

VIRUS VIRUS VIRUS VIRUS VIRUS VIRUS VIRUS VIRUS VIRUS VIRUS VIRUS

There is a new virus in the world: "POKEMON"
When you got an e-mail with the name "POKEMON" you may not open it
because your hard-disk will be deleted automaticly.

Please send this away to all your friends in the world.

VIRUS VIRUS VIRUS VIRUS VIRUS VIRUS VIRUS VIRUS VIRUS VIRUS VIRUS

Symptoms

Not applicable, delete or ignore messages matching this description.

Method of Infection

Not applicable, delete or ignore messages matching this description.

Removal

Users should either ignore or delete messages received matching this description.

Variants

Variants

    N/A

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Characteristics

Characteristics -

*Update 08/24/2000:
This hoax was public prior to the Internet worm "Pikachu" was discovered. It is possible the worm was created after this hoax was published. The message below is a hoax because it suggests that an email named "POKEMON" is destructive, without mention of a file attachment.

The following is a copy of a hoax. Disregard messages which match or might be similarly related to this:

VIRUS VIRUS VIRUS VIRUS VIRUS VIRUS VIRUS VIRUS VIRUS VIRUS VIRUS

There is a new virus in the world: "POKEMON"
When you got an e-mail with the name "POKEMON" you may not open it
because your hard-disk will be deleted automaticly.

Please send this away to all your friends in the world.

VIRUS VIRUS VIRUS VIRUS VIRUS VIRUS VIRUS VIRUS VIRUS VIRUS VIRUS

Symptoms

Symptoms -

Not applicable, delete or ignore messages matching this description.

Method of Infection

Method of Infection -

Not applicable, delete or ignore messages matching this description.

Removal -

Removal -

Users should either ignore or delete messages received matching this description.

Variants

Variants -

    N/A