Re: UKNM: this may be a false alarm, but....

[David Bowen]

This sounds very similar to the Good News virus of a couple of years ago

(early Middle Ages, Internet time).  I was told by three people about it

separately and ran a piece about it in the newspaper I wrote for. I was

then roundly abused by readers because"everyone" knew it was a hoax that

had been around for at least six weeks.


As I remember the virus warning was supposed to have come from the

Federal Communications Commission (or something), so there seems to be a

pattern.


One of the problems (apart from the possibility that they may wipe out

my computer) is that these things drive a wedge between old hands on the

Internet and people just venturing onto it. Responses  on UKNM are very

civilised. I bet if similar postings were put on most Newsgroups, they

would trigger floods of abuse.