The following is an example of the 'Wobbler' or 'California' virus hoax.

Click here to find out why this is a hoax.

VIRUS WARNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Please read carefully:

A new virus -WOBBLER. So just in case you do not know about it yet, please read what it says below:

It will arrive on e-mail titled "CALIFORNIA".

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!

The following is an example of the 'Wobbler' or 'California' virus hoax.

Click here to find out why this is a hoax.

If you receive an email with a file called 'California', do not open the file. The file contains WOBBLER virus. This information was announced yesterday morning from IBM; AOL states that this is a very dangerous virus, much worse than "Melissa", and that there is NO remedy for it at this time.

Some very sick individual has succeeded in using the reformat function from Norton Utilities causing it to completely erase all documents on the hard rive. It has been designed to work with Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer. It destroys Macintosh and IBM compatible computers. This is a new, very malicious virus and not many people know about it. Pass this warning along to EVERYONE in your address book and please share it with all your online friends ASAP so that this threat may be stopped. Please practice cautionary measures and tell anyone that may have access to your computer.

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