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Lump of Coal Virus Hoax

Symantec Security Response encourages you to ignore any messages regarding this hoax. It is harmless and is intended only to cause unwarranted concern.

Type: Hoax

technical details

This is a hoax. The hoax message is similar to the following:

Warning on December 25, 1999 you may receive an email called, Lump of Coal...Don't open it, it contains a deadly virus...it will erase Windows along with many other program files. Pass this on as soon as you can to get the WORD out!!! This is not a hoax....this was reported on the CBS morning news August 20,1999.




Write-up by: Motoaki Yamamura