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AOL monitor

The following is the text usually shown in the AOL monitor hoax email. There may be other variations on a similar theme, as well as other language versions.

Hoax text

On June 23, 2000 AOL will start to monitor your account while you are on
or off line. we know how to stop aol from doing this..

This is where you come in. If you send this to 10 people in the next
83min. We will protect your account. If you don't then we will load a
virus in your account.

If you think we our kidding around than just try us!
	

VB reminds users: if you receive a virus warning message, do not forward the message to all your friends/colleagues, as it may suggest in the text. If you have verified that the message is a hoax, simply delete it. If you are unsure, forward the message to your IT administrator. Failing that, forward it to hoax@virusbtn.com. It is possible that you may receive a hoax email with a file attachment. Since it is possible that these attachments could be infected VB advises such files to be be treated with the same caution as any other unexpected message attachment and urges users not to open them.

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