More virology

[Eric D. Dixon]

DudiousMax wrote:
>Yo Dudes and Dudeens,
>                 Beware documents with WOBBLER or WIN-A-HOLIDAY in their 
>titles.  A nasty virus, one that eats all hard drives, lies therein, or so 
>I'm told.  My sources have been good so far.  Do not open anything with
those 
>two titles.

Actually, they're both hoaxes, as catalogued by the Computer Virus Myths
home page, which can be found here:

http://www.kumite.com/myths/

Here's a page about the Wobbler virus myth:

http://www.datafellows.com/hoaxes/wobbhoax.htm

And a page about the Win-a-Holiday myth:

http://www.stiller.com/holiday.htm

Eric D. Dixon

"The attitude that life owes us something, if not everything,
encourages life to thwart our endeavours. This life may not
provide justice, but it is fairer than we might like it to be.
When we act as we like, we get what we want; but not what we
need." -- Robert Fripp