About the "teddybear virus": I am sorry: Itīs a hoax..

From: Kees Kort (kees@shakuhachi.nl)
Date: Sat Aug 23 2003 - 05:49:47 PDT


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Beste mensen, dear friends,
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To my regret I understand that the virus warning was not about a virus
at all: I have had several reactions that this so-called `=94teddy bear
virus=94 is not a virus at all, but part of the operating system of
Windows. So: do not remove it, or if you already have: try to copy it
from somebody else, because it can harm your system if it is missing. I
heard that this is some kind of sick joke, ( a =93hoax=94) and that it =
is
going around for years already.
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I am sorry for the disturbance. But let=92s think about it this way: =
let=92s
be glad it wasn=92t a real virus.
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Best wishes,
=20
       -Kees Kort
        J. Th. de Visserstraat 21
        2221 AT Katwijk (zh)
        Nederland
        tel. & fax: +31 (0) 71 40 168 14
        mob.: +31 (0)6 2161 4700
        E-mail: kees@shakuhachi.nl
        Website: http://www.shakuhachi.nl
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
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font-family:Arial'>Beste mensen, </span></font><font size=3D2 =
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mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>friends</span></font><font size=3D2 =
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style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>,<o:p></o:p></span></font></=
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span lang=3DEN-GB =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>To my regret I =
understand
that the virus warning was not about a virus at all: I have had several =
reactions
that this so-called `&#8221;teddy bear virus&#8221; is not a virus at =
all, but
part of the operating system of Windows. So: do not remove it, or if you
already have: try to copy it from somebody else<span class=3DGramE>, =
<span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>=A0</span>because</span> it can harm your =
system if it
is missing. I heard that this is some kind of sick joke, <span =
class=3DGramE>( a</span>
&#8220;hoax&#8221;) and that it is going around for years =
already.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span lang=3DEN-GB =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span=
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span lang=3DEN-GB =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>I am sorry for the
disturbance. But let&#8217;s think about it this way: let&#8217;s be =
glad it wasn&#8217;t
a real virus.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span lang=3DEN-GB =
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wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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