This is truly a demonic virus...hmmm...I wonder if the
Mail/(?)Male Demon is somehow involved? Any virus that can
BOTH make you run with scissors AND X-rate your recipe
files is capable of unleashing a catastrophe the likes of
which the civilized world...excuse me, I have to find my
reading glasses to take a closer look at those recipes...
Carole
--- joan carol urquhart <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Thanks for the virus alert on "Fighting Canaries"!
> I have also heard that when activated on a Mac it
> reconstitutes the chemical
> composition of ink on recipe card stock and ulitmately
> reconfigures the
> written content into X FiLES. Cook with care.
>
> :)
>
> Joan U.
> (who is wondering what is at the bottom of the Y2K abyss)
>
> -----Original Message-----From: janet
> Date: Monday, December 20, 1999 10:19 AM
>
>
>
> >Virus Alert
> >
> >If you receive an email entitled "Fighting Canaries,"
> delete it
> immediately. Do not open it. Apparently this one is
> pretty nasty.
> >
> >It will not only erase everything on your hard drive,
> but it will also
> delete anything on disks within 20 feet of your computer.
> >
> >It demagnetizes the stripes on all of your credit cards.
> >
> >It reprograms your ATM access code, screws up the
> tracking on your VCR, and
> uses subspace field harmonics to scratch any CDs you
> attempt to play.
> >
> >It will recalibrate your refrigerator's coolness
> settings so all your ice
> cream melts and your milk freezes.
> >
> >It will program your phone autodial to call only your
> mother-in-law's
> number.
> >
> >This virus will mix antifreeze into your fish tank.
> >
> >It will drink all your sodas.
> >
> >It will leave dirty socks on the coffee table when you
> are expecting
> company.
> >
> >Its radioactive emissions will cause your toe jam and
> bellybutton fuzz (be
> honest, you have some) to migrate behind your ears.
> >
> >It will replace your shampoo with Nair and your Nair
> with Rogaine, all
> while dating your current boy/girlfriend behind your back
> and billing the
> rendezvous to your Visa card.
> >
> >It will cause you to run with scissors and throw things
> in a way that is
> only fun until someone loses an eye.
> >
> >It will give you Dutch Elm Disease and Tinea.
> >
> >It will rewrite your backup files, changing all your
> active verbs to
> passive tense and incorporating undetectable misspellings
> which grossly
> change the interpretations of key sentences.
> >
> >If the message is opened in a Windows 95/98 environment,
> it will leave the
> toilet seat up and leave your hair dryer plugged in
> dangerously close to a
> full bathtub.
> >
> >It will not only remove the forbidden tags from your
> mattresses and
> pillows, but it will also refill your skim milk with
> whole milk.
> >
> >It will replace all your luncheon meat with Spam.
> >
> >It will molecularly rearrange your cologne or perfume,
> causing it to smell
> like dill pickles.
> >
> >It is insidious and subtle. It is dangerous and
> terrifying to behold. It is
> also a rather interesting shade of mauve.
> >
> >These are just a few signs of infection.
> >
> >janet paterson
> >52 now / 41 dx / 37 onset
> >http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/6263/
> >613 256 8340 po box 171 almonte ontario canada k0a 1a0
> >
>
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