I think this is a hoax virus.
Bookmark:
http://vil.mcafee.com/hoax.asp
This McAfee site is an up to date (I hope!!) list of virus hoaxes.
Jean WEllington
Classics Library
University of Cincinnati
"Ch. von der Burg" wrote:
>
> WARNING WARNING!
> A new virus has been detected as being sent by E-mail under the name:
> CALIFORNIA IBM.
> Microsoft has confirmed that this virus is stronger than the Love Letter virus
> Navigator and Microsoft Explorer. Do not open any e-mail with this name, and s
>
> READ IMMEDIATELY AND PASS ON
> Someone is sending out a very cute screensaver of the Budweiser frogs.
> If you download it, you will lose everything! Your hard drive will crash
> and someone from the Internet will get your screen name and password!
> DO NOT DOWNLOAD IT UNDER ANY
> CIRCUMSTANCES! It just went into circulation yesterday. Please distribute
> this message. This is a new, very malicious virus and not many people know
> about it. This information was announced yesterday morning from Microsoft.
> Please share it with everyone that might access the Internet. Once again,
> pass this along to EVERYONE in your address book so that this may be
> stopped. AOL has said that this is a very dangerous virus and that there is
> NO remedy for it at this time.
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