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NAME:New Pictures of Family hoax
ALIAS:Family Pictures hoax

The below hoax message became widespread in the beginning of March, 2001.

 DO NOT OPEN "NEW PICTURES OF FAMILY" It is a virus that will
 erase your whole "C" drive. It will come to you in the form of
 an E-Mail from a familiar person. I repeat a friend sent it to
 me, but called & warned me before  I opened it. He was not so
 lucky and now he cant even start his computer!  Forward this to
 everyone in your address book. I would rather receive this 25
 times than not at all.

 Also: Intel announced that a new and very destructive  virus was
 discovered recently. If you receive an email  called "FAMILY
 PICTURES," do not open it. Delete it right away! This virus
 removes all dynamic link libraries (.all files) from your
 computer. Your computer will not be able to boot up.

A described malware doesn't exist, so if you receive this or alike message, please ignore it and don't pass it on.

[Last modified: March 2001]