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Virus hoaxes are false reports about non-existent viruses, often claiming to do impossible things. Unfortunately some recipients occasionally believe a hoax to be a true virus warning and may take drastic action (such as shutting down their network).

Security Alert: Dangerous Worm Circulating
A computer worm known as "Blackworm" is currently circulating which poses a serious threat; if left on an infected computer, it will overwrite many files stored on that computer on February 3rd, 2006. This worm will be detected by up-to-date anti-virus software, so be sure to download the latest virus definitions (January 23rd or later) and run a full anti-virus scan on your computer as soon as possible. Download the latest anti-virus software here...

The following types file will be overwritten by the virus: DOC, XLS, MDE, MDB, PPT, PPS, RAR, PDF, PSD, DMP, ZIP. The files are overwritten with an error message( 'DATA Error [47 0F 94 93 F4 K5]'). Download the latest anti-virus software here...


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