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Budweiser Frogs
Screen Saver Virus-Fiction!
Summary of the eRumor A warning of a virus being
circulated as a "Budweiser Frogs" screen saver.
The eRumor says that if you download the file, it will cause you to
lose every on your hard drive as well as give someone on the
Internet your screen name and password.
The Truth
This is a time-honored hoax that has
circulated far more extensively than most any real virus warning.
There is no "Budweiser Frogs" screensaver email and no
Budweiser Frogs virus.
A real example of the eRumor as it has
appeared on the Internet:
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 formation 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.
This is VERY important.
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with
the Budweiser Frogs init
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