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48 Hours Hoax

Type
Hoax
SubType
-
Discovery Date
11/13/2001
Length
Minimum DAT
N/A ( )
Updated DAT
N/A ( )
Minimum Engine
5.1.00
Description Added
11/13/2001
Description Modified
01/02/2002 11:18 AM (PT)
Risk Assessment
Corporate User
N/A
Home User
N/A

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Characteristics

AVERT HOAX Notice!!

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

This email message is just a HOAX, currently we know of no other message that the user will receive about the HOAX as the initial email states. AVERT has not received any report of a user's hard drive being erased by receiving the email.

We are advising users who receive the email to delete it 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.

(English version)

(Spanish version)

(German version)

(Hungarian version)

(Portuguese version)

(Italian version)

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

McAfee AVERT

Symptoms

Method of Infection

Removal

Ignore or delete this email and do not forward it to others.

Variants

Variants

    N/A

All Information

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Characteristics

Characteristics -

AVERT HOAX Notice!!

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

This email message is just a HOAX, currently we know of no other message that the user will receive about the HOAX as the initial email states. AVERT has not received any report of a user's hard drive being erased by receiving the email.

We are advising users who receive the email to delete it 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.

(English version)

(Spanish version)

(German version)

(Hungarian version)

(Portuguese version)

(Italian 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 -

Ignore or delete this email and do not forward it to others.

Variants

Variants -

    N/A