Gerardo Magana wrote
>List, I received an e mail today with an attachment of aol.exe, do not open
>this attachment if you receive it, it is a virus, also it seems like the
>latest worm has messed with the net, maybe that's the reason for the list
>being so quiet
>Gerardo
>
This sounds like a hoax, check this link at Symantec:
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/aol.exe.hoax.html
>AOL.EXE Hoax
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> Last Updated on:
>July 17, 2001 at 09:53:46 AM PDT
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> This hoax email
>warns of a virus named AOL.exe that will activate on June 8. The
> email provides
>instructions on how to remove the AOL.exe file from the computer.
> AOL.exe is the
>executable file for America Online and should not be deleted.
>
> We have been
>informed that this message originated as a joke by Ray Owens of
> Joke A Day Inc. It
>has become a hoax message that is being distributed by email.
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