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How to Give a Cat a Colonic

This hoax is a simple variant of the California/Wobbler hoax. The following is full text of one such email:

For your info:

To All with a Computer,
PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING CAREFULLY

VIRUS WARNING a new Virus - WOBBLER is on the loose. It will arrive on e-mail titled "How to Give a Cat a Colonic". IBM and AOL have announced that it is very powerful, more so than melissa. There is no remedy. It will eat all your information on the hard drive and also destroys Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer. Do not open anything with this title and please pass this message on to all your contacts and anyone who uses your e-mail facility. Not many people seem to know about this yet so propagate it as fast as possible.

This information was announced yesterday morning by IBM. Please share it with everyone in your address book so that the spreading of the virus may be stopped. This is a very dangerous Virus and there is no remedy for it at this time.

Please practice cautionary measures and forward this to all your online friends A.S.A.P.

Remember, hoaxes cost companies - and people - time and money. Please do not forward them to others.