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Celcom screen saver

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

Hoax text

If you receive any CELCOM Screen Saver. Pls. do not install it!!!!!!

This screen saver is very cool. It shows a NOKIA hand phone, with time
messages. After it is activated, the PC cannot boot up at all. It goes
very slow. It destroys your hard disk. The filename is CELLSAVER.EXE
	

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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