IWCCCARS Virus Hoax...

All -- It turns out that this rumored virus on the IWCCCARS Project site is a complete hoax. Without going into a very long story, suffice to say that this whole thing is the product of someone's mind and not based in any reality. If any of you are in doubt about this, consider that there has been, to date, only one "virus" report out of downloads numbering in the hundreds of thousands since IWCCCARS went public. For your continued *** safety, we have instituted DAILY virus checks using the most recent copies of both the Thunderbyte and McAfee's virus scanners and have not found a single thing to date except a clean bill of health. Thanks! _________________________________________ Tony Johns IWCCCARS Project Coordinator [link lost in import: /~iwcc/project.htm]

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>All -- >It turns out that this rumored virus on the IWCCCARS Project site is a >complete hoax. Without going into a very long story, suffice to say >that this whole thing is the product of someone's mind and not based >in any reality. >If any of you are in doubt about this, consider that there has been, >to date, only one "virus" report out of downloads numbering in the >hundreds of thousands since IWCCCARS went public. >For your continued *** safety, we have instituted DAILY virus >checks using the most recent copies of both the Thunderbyte and >McAfee's virus scanners and have not found a single thing to date >except a clean bill of health. >Thanks! >_________________________________________ >Tony Johns >IWCCCARS Project Coordinator >[link lost in import: /~iwcc/project.htm]

Actually, I did find a virus on disks that I had downloaded files from IWCCCARS on. However, since you do checks daily, I will assume that they didn't come from this site. I just wanted to let everyone know that there was a possibility that they came from this location. I will look into other possible contamination sites. Sorry about the confusion, Randy Johnson

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>>All -- >>It turns out that this rumored virus on the IWCCCARS Project site is a >>complete hoax. Without going into a very long story, suffice to say >>that this whole thing is the product of someone's mind and not based >>in any reality. >>If any of you are in doubt about this, consider that there has been, >>to date, only one "virus" report out of downloads numbering in the >>hundreds of thousands since IWCCCARS went public. >>For your continued *** safety, we have instituted DAILY virus >>checks using the most recent copies of both the Thunderbyte and >>McAfee's virus scanners and have not found a single thing to date >>except a clean bill of health. >>Thanks! >>_________________________________________ >>Tony Johns >>IWCCCARS Project Coordinator >>[link lost in import: /~iwcc/project.htm] >Actually, I did find a virus on disks that I had downloaded files from >IWCCCARS on. However, since you do checks daily, I will assume that

they >didn't come from this site. I just wanted to let everyone know that >there was a possibility that they came from this location. I will look >into other possible contamination sites. Randy, in case you had the wrong impression, I don't think Tony was fingering you as someone who started the hoax. He was referring to a disgruntled ex-IWCCCARS contributor who had posted a hoax message to Compuserve. I do not know if this when this occured relative to your virus alert post. Earl