McAfee AVERT Labs would like to inform you of an email HOAX.
This email message is just a HOAX, currently we know of no messages that the user will receive which contain scripts or attachments that would cause symptoms such as the HOAX states.
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.
"GOT YOU"
If you were dumb enough to open this email then you will find a WORM has executed itself through your mailbox and by the time you read this into your hard-drive. This is PAYBACK for the Virus you disguised in the email you sent to us recently which destroyed our hard-drive and back-up system. This costs us thousands of dollars and we lost a lot of irreplaceable files on our system.
Now it's your turn to have your computer infected. This WORM it is undetectable by AntiVirus software and it will drive your computer crazy because it's always hiding and causing havoc in your system. Using your computer recovery disks will not remove the problem cause it still stays on your computers Motherboard. This will proabably cost you a new computer and I sincerely hope this teaches you a lesson not to send people nasty viruses again.
Evocash Administration Inc.
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----^+Start^=Auto^Execute+^WORM^---------
----^+Start^=Auto^Execute+^WORM^-------------
----^+Start^=Auto^Execute+^WORM^---------
----^+Start^=Auto^Execute+^WORM^---------
----^+Start^=Auto^Execute+^WORM^---------
Topic: Payback Hoax (Read 1216 times)