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A hoax. The text of one such email follows:

----- Original Message ----- 
From: 
To: 
Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 1:19 AM
Subject: EXTRA! Vigo Examiner Virus Alert


>                  Vigo Examiner Virus Alert
> 
> As you may know, the Vigo Examiner does not publish many 
> virus alerts because the vast majority are hoaxes.  This one 
> is not.
> 
> If you have open or displayed the "Democrat Seal" featuring 
> a crying baby, you have received the virus.  If you have 
> forwarded the graphic, you have forwarded the virus.  
> 
> What to do:
> Shut your system down immediately.  Call your downstream
> victims and tell them.  Take your computer to a computer 
> repair shop, where they can remove the C: drive and mount it 
> in another system where the files will not execute 
> automatically.  There it can be safely cleansed with a virus 
> scanner that has not been compromised.
> 
> Emphasis:
> If your virus scanner tells you you have a virus, DO NOT 
> continue to run, expecting your virus scanner to remove it.  
> SHUT IT DOWN.
> 
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