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FROM: laocoon@doomgloom.edu
TO: Trojan Army Listserv <Trojans-L@troy.org>
RE: WARNING!! BEWARE GREEKS BEARING GIFTS!
Hey Hector,
This was forwarded to me by Cassandra--it looks legit. Please
distribute to Priam, Hecuba, and your 99 siblings.
Thanks,
Laocoon
* * *
WARNING! WARNING! WARNING!
IF YOU RECEIVE A GIFT IN THE SHAPE OF A LARGE WOODEN
HORSE DO NOT DOWNLOAD IT!!!! It is EXTREMELY
DESTRUCTIVE and will overwrite your ENTIRE CITY!
The "gift" is disguised as a large wooden horse about two stories
tall. It tends to show up outside the city gates and appears to be
abandoned. DO NOT let it through the gates! It contains hardware
that is incompatible with Trojan programming, including a crowd of
heavily armed Greek warriors that will destroy your army, sack your
town, and kill your women and children. If you have already received
such a gift, DO NOT OPEN IT! Take it back out of the city unopened
and set fire to it by the beach.
FORWARD THIS MESSAGE TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW!
Poseidon
* * *
FROM: hector@studmuffin.com
TO: laocoon@doomgloom.edu
RE: Greeks bearing gifts
Laocoon,
I hate to break to you, but this is one of the oldest hoaxes there is.
I've seen variants on this warning come through on other listservs,
one involving some kind of fruit that was supposed to kill the people
who ate it and one having to do with something called the "Midas
Touch." Here are a few tipoffs that this is a hoax:
1) This "Forward this message to everyone you know" crap. If it were
really meant as a warning about the Greek army, why tell anyone to
post it to the Phonecians, Sumerians, and Cretans?
2) Use of exclamation points. Always a giveaway.
3) It's signed "from Poseidon." Granted he's had his problems with
Odysseus but he's one of their guys, isn't he? Besides, the lack of a
real header with a detailed address makes me suspicious.
4) Technically speaking, there is no way for a horse to overwrite
your entire city. A horse is just an animal, after all.
Next time you get a message like this, just delete it. I appreciate
your concern, but once you've been around the block a couple times
you'll realize how annoying this kind of stuff is.
Bye now,
Hector.
* * *
FROM: Daemon@listserv.doomgloom.edu
TO: hector@studmuffin.com
RE: Undeliverable mail
The following message had permanent fatal errors. Please check the
email address (or check to see that your intended recipient has not
been swallowed up by a large sea serpent).
FROM: hector@studmuffin.com
TO: laocoon@doomgloom.edu
RE: Greeks bearing gifts