02-19-2008, 07:45 PM
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Manwhore
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Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Pacific Northwest
Posts: 15,495
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Now that there are websites like Snopes to debunk these bogus scare emails, people are just adding 'I checked this on Snopes' into the email.
Also, when you get an email with a bunch of name dropping...
Quote:
This is the worst virus announced by CNN. It has
been classified by Microsoft as the most destructive
virus ever. This virus was discovered by McAfee
yesterday, and there is no repair yet for this kind of virus. This virus simply destroys
the Zero Sector of the Hard Disc, where the vital
information is kept.
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... that's a pretty sure sign it's bogus.
FYI
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