Valentine
The following is the text usually shown in the Valentine hoax email. There may be other variations on a similar theme, as well as
other language versions.
Hoax text
Read this immediately. Warning on February 14, 2000 you may receive an
email called, "Be My Valentine"...do not open it, it contains a deadly
virus...it will erase your windows along with many other program files.
Pass this on as soon as you can to get the WORD out!!!!....this was
reported on the CBS morning news January 27, 2000.
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.
This month's VB100 test saw some major changes and a radical overhaul of the VB100 test methodology - for the first time allowing products to use their 'cloud' look-up systems. John Hawes has all the details.