[lfjokes] Warning: Virus Alert

[Adam Shand]

Via: The Eristocracy <Eristocracy at merrymeet.com>
From: http://www.bbspot.com/News/2002/01/open.html

  Monday  January 28 8:35 PM EST

  Virus Alert: The "Don't Fucking Open Me!" Virus

  By Brian Briggs

  E-mail inboxes were flooded with messages this morning as a new virus
  quickly spread around the world. Dubbed "Don't Fucking Open Me" by
  anti-virus researchers, the infected e-mail follows a similar course
  to other viruses and replicates by sending itself out to everyone in
  the infected computer's Outlook and Outlook Express address book. The
  virus also contains two different payloads: one version formats the
  hard drive and displays the message "This is for your own good"; the
  other payload creates random Power Point presentations in the "My
  Documents" folder.

  Savvy users can spot the virus by its subject which is "Don't Fucking
  Open Me" or by the attachment which is entitled "Don't_Fucking_Open_Me.exe".

  "This virus tricks the user with an old psychological tactic called
  reverse psychology. Apparently the curiosity created by the message
  has been too much for thousands of users," said anti-virus researcher
  Bob Atibop. According to Atibop, this isn't the first time reverse
  psychology has been used. In 1998, the "Don't Pee on Your Keyboard"
  worm caused a flood of damage.

  Researchers have seen large infection among AOL users and middle
  mangers, the two largest concentrations of naive and inept computer
  users.

  Claudia Hawkins who was infected by the virus said, "My son told me
  not to open attachments, but.... I mean my MOM sent it! What if she
  was hurt?!?"

  Another infected user too embarrassed to reveal his name said,
  "I thought that there was no way that this could be a virus. What
  kind of stupid idiot virus writer would put a dumb title on it like
  that? No one would ever open something that says not to open it.
  The virus would never spread defeating the whole purpose of it."

  Experts advise extreme caution when opening messages entitled
  "Don't Fucking Open Me" or "Click Here for Cash and Virus Infection".