be aware

[Muddy Moo]

> >>Someone is sending out a very cute screen saver of the Budweiser
> Frogs.
> > If
> >>you
> >>download it, you will lose everything! Your hard drive will crash and
> >>someone
> >>from the Internet will get your screen name and password! DO NOT
> DOWNLOAD
> >>IT
> >>UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES! It just went into circulation yesterday.
> >>
> >>Please distribute this message. This is a new very malicious virus
> and not
> >>many
> >>people know about it. This information was announced yesterday
> morning
> >>from
> >>Microsoft. Please share it with everyone that might access the
> Internet.
> >>
> >>Once again, pass this along to EVERYONE in your address book so that
> this
> >>may be
> >>stopped. AOL has said that this is a very dangerous virus and that
> there
> >>is NO
> >>remedy for it at this time.
> >>
> >>This is VERY important. If you receive a screen saver from a friend
> or
> >>anyone
> >>you may not know with the Budweiser Frogs in it, DO NOT DOWNLOAD IT
> OR
> >>OPEN
> >>THE
> >>FILE!
> >>
> >>
> >

[Thrasher]

http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/budfrogs.asp

Nuff sed.

Comments:  As of this update (August 2005), the Budweiser Frogs hoax is eight years old and still making the rounds, even though the screen saver itself, while it's still available, is no longer the hot item it once was.

Originally offered in 1996 as a free download from Budweiser.com, the Bud Frogs Screen Saver was an instant hit — too big a hit for some people's tastes, evidently, because in mid-1997 an anonymous Internet prankster launched the first version of the hoax (see top of page) into circulation. Creative modifications and an increasingly virus-wary public have kept it in circulation ever since.

Antivirus labs say they've never detected an actual virus in any tested copies of the Bud Frogs screen saver. Still, it bears repeating that it's always a risky business to download and execute files that arrive as email attachments from people you don't know, and even people you do know. Always be wary of executable files arriving by email and, most importantly, keep your antivirus software up-to-date.

[Muddy Moo]

cheers Thrasher :lol: