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5) Don't read messages. Not even this one!
6) Don't use serial ports, modems, or phone lines.
7) Don't use keyboards, screens, or printers.
8) Don't use switches, CPUs, memories, microprocessors, or mainframes.
9) Don't use electric lights, electric or gas heat or airconditioning, running water, writing, fire, clothing or the wheel.
I'm sure if we are all careful to follow these 9 easy steps, this virus can be eradicated, and the precious electronic fluids of our computers can be kept pure.
---RTM III
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So that's where it started. From that humble beginning the creative hoaxsters around the world have conjured forth the likes of these...
Bill Gates $1000 giveaway
It takes guts to Say "Jesus"
Then there's my personal favorite...
Clinton got rid of IRS -- no more taxes
For more information on the silly hoaxes that people buy into checkout hoaxbusters.ciac.org. But if you really want to do you
I’m guessing if you had a food franchise business offline, you would treat it as if your life depended on it. You would probably even be willing to work 12-16 hours a day to keep your franchise running smoothly!What you need to realize when starting an internet marketing business is that it is still a real business. Since you already invested up to a million dollars to start up your franchise, it makes perfect sense that you would do whatever it takes to first break even.And after breaking even you would then wait a few years before you see a positive return on your million dollar investment. Most of you have a realistic mindset when it comes to a ‘real’ million dollar business like that.But what happens when most of you start a home based internet business? For most of you, the first thing to come to mind is ‘fast money’ and ‘get rich
Any one who uses email these days is familiar with the omnipresent spam fills up your inbox or your junk folder (if you are a bit more savvy). Worse than the "normal" spam are the hoaxes and urban legends that are sent out by well meaning but uninformed friends and family. I get several of these each month. I have worked hard to keep them to a minimum and have alienated several of my friends in the process. Have you ever wondered where or who started the hoaxes and urban legends. I mean who made up the first internet hoax? What was it? I wondered about it so I did some research. Here's what I found.
The First Hoax
Computer Incident Advisory Capability (CIAC.org) has been providing the U.S. Department of Energy with incident response, reporting and tracking of computer security incidents since 1989. According to CIAC, the first known internet hoax was perpetrated in October of 1988 and was the so-called "2400 baud modem virus". The actual text of the hoax is shown below:
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SUBJ: Really Nasty Virus
AREA: GENERAL (1)
I've just discovered probably the world's worst computer virus yet. I had just finished a late night session of BBS'ing and file treading when I exited Telix 3 and attempted to run pkxarc to unarc the software I had downloaded. Next thing I knew my hard disk was seeking all over and it was apparently writing random sectors. Thank god for strong coffee and a recent backup. Everything was back to normal, so I called the BBS again and downloaded a file. When I went to use ddir to list the directory, my hard disk was getting trashed again. I tried Procomm Plus TD and also PC Talk 3. Same results every time. Something was up so I hooked up to my test equipment and different modems (I do research and development for a local computer telecommunications company and have an in-house lab at my disposal). After another hour of corrupted hard drives I found what I think is the world's worst computer virus yet. The virus distributes itself on the modem sub-carrier present in all 2400 baud and up modems. The sub-carrier is used for ROM and register debugging purposes only, and otherwise serves no othr (sp) purpose. The virus sets a bit pattern in one of the internal modem registers, but it seemed to screw up the other registers on my USR. A modem that has been "infected" with this virus will then transmit the virus to other modems that use a subcarrier (I suppose those who use 300 and 1200 baud modems should be immune). The virus then attaches itself to all binary incoming data and infects the host computer's hard disk. The only way to get rid of this virus is to completely reset all the modem registers by hand, but I haven't found a way to vaccinate a modem against the virus, but there is the possibility of building a subcarrier filter. I am calling on a 1200 baud modem to enter this message, and have advised the sysops of the two other boards(names withheld). I don't know how this virus originated, but I'm sure it is the work of someone in the computer telecommunications field such as myself. Probably the best thing to do now is to stick to 1200 baud until we figure this thing out.
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Now for those of you that are unfamiliar with modems from that time period, the 2400 baud modem was the latest technology in 1988. It is certain that the hoax didn't propagate to nearly the degree that a similar hoax would today but in its day this hoax caused its share of headaches. On a lighter note, the 2400 baud modem hoax also spawned the spoof hoax shown below.
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Date: 11-31-88 (24:60) Number: 32769
To: ALL Refer#: NONE
From: ROBERT MORRIS III Read: (N/A)
Subj: VIRUS ALERT Status: PUBLIC MESSAGE
Warning: There's a new virus on the loose that's worse than anything I've seen before! It gets in through the power line, riding on the powerline 60 Hz subcarrier. It works by changing the serial port pinouts, and by reversing the direction one's disks spin. Over 300,000 systems have been hit by it here in Murphy, West Dakota alone! And that's just in the last 12 minutes.
It attacks DOS, Unix, TOPS-20, Apple-II, VMS, MVS, Multics, Mac, RSX-11, ITS, TRS-80, and VHS systems.
To prevent the spresd of the worm:
1) Don't use the powerline.
2) Don't use batteries either, since there are rumors that this virus has invaded most major battery plants and is infecting the positive poles of the batteries. (You might try hooking up just the negative pole.)
3) Don't upload or download files.
4) Don't store files on floppy disks or hard disks.
5) Don't read messages. Not even this one!
6) Don't use serial ports, modems, or phone lines.
7) Don't use keyboards, screens, or printers.
8) Don't use switches, CPUs, memories, microprocessors, or mainframes.
9) Don't use electric lights, electric or gas heat or airconditioning, running water, writing, fire, clothing or the wheel.
I'm sure if we are all careful to follow these 9 easy steps, this virus can be eradicated, and the precious electronic fluids of our computers can be kept pure.
---RTM III
===================================================
So that's where it started. From that humble beginning the creative hoaxsters around the world have conjured forth the likes of these...
Bill Gates $1000 giveaway
It takes guts to Say "Jesus"
Then there's my personal favorite...
Clinton got rid of IRS -- no more taxes
For more information on the silly hoaxes that people buy into checkout hoaxbusters.ciac.org. But if you really want to do your
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Now for those of you that are unfamiliar with modems from that time period, the 2400 baud modem was the latest technology in 1988. It is certain that the hoax didn't propagate to nearly the degree that a similar hoax would today but in its day this hoax caused its share of headaches. On a lighter note, the 2400 baud modem hoax also spawned the spoof hoax shown below.
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Date: 11-31-88 (24:60) Number: 32769
To: ALL Refer#: NONE
From: ROBERT MORRIS III Read: (N/A)
Subj: VIRUS ALERT Status: PUBLIC MESSAGE
Warning: There's a new virus on the loose that's worse than anything I've seen before! It gets in through the power line, riding on the powerline 60 Hz subcarrier. It works by changing the serial port pinouts, and by reversing the direction one's disks spin. Over 300,000 systems have been hit by it here in Murphy, West Dakota alone! And that's just in the last 12 minutes.
It attacks DOS, Unix, TOPS-20, Apple-II, VMS, MVS, Multics, Mac, RSX-11, ITS, TRS-80, and VHS systems.
To prevent the spresd of the worm:
1) Don't use the powerline.
2) Don't use batteries either, since there are rumors that this virus has invaded most major battery plants and is infecting the positive poles of the batteries. (You might try hooking up just the negative pole.)
3) Don't upload or download files.
4) Don't store files on floppy disks or hard disks.
5) Don't read messages. Not even this one!
6) Don't use serial ports, modems, or phone lines.
7) Don't use keyboards, screens, or printers.
8) Don't use switches, CPUs, memories, microprocessors, or mainframes.
9) Don't use electric lights, electric or gas heat or airconditioning, running water, writing, fire, clothing or the wheel.
I'm sure if we are all careful to follow these 9 easy steps, this virus can be eradicated, and the precious electronic fluids of our computers can be kept pure.
---RTM III
===================================================
So that's where it started. From that humble beginning the creative hoaxsters around the world have conjured forth the likes of these...
Bill Gates $1000 giveaway
It takes guts to Say "Jesus"
Then there's my personal favorite...
Clinton got rid of IRS -- no more taxes
For more information on the silly hoaxes that people buy into checkout hoaxbusters.ciac.org. But if you really want to do you
Networking and marketing may be similar but they are definitely not one in the same.Networking is the art of making acquaintances and sharing information about yourself, your business or product. Its purpose is to build relationships that offer a mutual opportunity for both parties to prosper.Marketing is publicizing a service or product with the intent of closing a sale.In promoting my business, I use networking efforts far more than sales and marketing tactics mainly because it is fun and I love people. I don’t like to be face-to-face or on the phone with a pushy salesperson and I do not enjoy hard-sell printed ads that use in-your-face (blatant) methods to persuade me to buy a product. Many times these ads are boastful and make promises that I know cannot be fulfilled by the product. On the other hand, I do enjoy reading content-rich a
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Now for those of you that are unfamiliar with modems from that time period, the 2400 baud modem was the latest technology in 1988. It is certain that the hoax didn't propagate to nearly the degree that a similar hoax would today but in its day this hoax caused its share of headaches. On a lighter note, the 2400 baud modem hoax also spawned the spoof hoax shown below.
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Date: 11-31-88 (24:60) Number: 32769
To: ALL Refer#: NONE
From: ROBERT MORRIS III Read: (N/A)
Subj: VIRUS ALERT Status: PUBLIC MESSAGE
Warning: There's a new virus on the loose that's worse than anything I've seen before! It gets in through the power line, riding on the powerline 60 Hz subcarrier. It works by changing the serial port pinouts, and by reversing the direction one's disks spin. Over 300,000 systems have been hit by it here in Murphy, West Dakota alone! And that's just in the last 12 minutes.
It attacks DOS, Unix, TOPS-20, Apple-II, VMS, MVS, Multics, Mac, RSX-11, ITS, TRS-80, and VHS systems.
To prevent the spresd of the worm:
1) Don't use the powerline.
2) Don't use batteries either, since there are rumors that this virus has invaded most major battery plants and is infecting the positive poles of the batteries. (You might try hooking up just the negative pole.)
3) Don't upload or download files.
4) Don't store files on floppy disks or hard disks.
5) Don't read messages. Not even this one!
6) Don't use serial ports, modems, or phone lines.
7) Don't use keyboards, screens, or printers.
8) Don't use switches, CPUs, memories, microprocessors, or mainframes.
9) Don't use electric lights, electric or gas heat or airconditioning, running water, writing, fire, clothing or the wheel.
I'm sure if we are all careful to follow these 9 easy steps, this virus can be eradicated, and the precious electronic fluids of our computers can be kept pure.
---RTM III
===================================================
So that's where it started. From that humble beginning the creative hoaxsters around the world have conjured forth the likes of these...
Bill Gates $1000 giveaway
It takes guts to Say "Jesus"
Then there's my personal favorite...
Clinton got rid of IRS -- no more taxes
For more information on the silly hoaxes that people buy into checkout hoaxbusters.ciac.org. But if you really want to do you
You may think that having bad credit implies being unable to get a loan or getting a loan but having to pay high interest rates. Though it is partly true, it is also true that there are ways of getting approved for a loan with low interest rates even with bad credit. Most commonly, secured bad credit loans have low interest rates since the lender is guaranteed repayment by the collateral offered by the applicant.Savings-Secured Loans The good news are that the finance industry has created a new way to provide bad credit loans with low interest rates for people that are not homeowners. Savings-secured loans are a way to borrow money using your savings funds as collateral. The money you have on your savings account will then become the loan's security.Few Requirements Your credit score is not that important, since the loan is secured with your own
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Date: 11-31-88 (24:60) Number: 32769
To: ALL Refer#: NONE
From: ROBERT MORRIS III Read: (N/A)
Subj: VIRUS ALERT Status: PUBLIC MESSAGE
Warning: There's a new virus on the loose that's worse than anything I've seen before! It gets in through the power line, riding on the powerline 60 Hz subcarrier. It works by changing the serial port pinouts, and by reversing the direction one's disks spin. Over 300,000 systems have been hit by it here in Murphy, West Dakota alone! And that's just in the last 12 minutes.
It attacks DOS, Unix, TOPS-20, Apple-II, VMS, MVS, Multics, Mac, RSX-11, ITS, TRS-80, and VHS systems.
To prevent the spresd of the worm:
1) Don't use the powerline.
2) Don't use batteries either, since there are rumors that this virus has invaded most major battery plants and is infecting the positive poles of the batteries. (You might try hooking up just the negative pole.)
3) Don't upload or download files.
4) Don't store files on floppy disks or hard disks.
5) Don't read messages. Not even this one!
6) Don't use serial ports, modems, or phone lines.
7) Don't use keyboards, screens, or printers.
8) Don't use switches, CPUs, memories, microprocessors, or mainframes.
9) Don't use electric lights, electric or gas heat or airconditioning, running water, writing, fire, clothing or the wheel.
I'm sure if we are all careful to follow these 9 easy steps, this virus can be eradicated, and the precious electronic fluids of our computers can be kept pure.
---RTM III
===================================================
So that's where it started. From that humble beginning the creative hoaxsters around the world have conjured forth the likes of these...
Bill Gates $1000 giveaway
It takes guts to Say "Jesus"
Then there's my personal favorite...
Clinton got rid of IRS -- no more taxes
For more information on the silly hoaxes that people buy into checkout hoaxbusters.ciac.org. But if you really want to do you
Chances are that you are reading this article like you've read hundreds of other similar ones, in a desperate search for the ideal affiliate make money online program for you.The good news is that if you read this article carefully, your search has come to an end.There are probably hundreds of affiliate online programs out there that will make you serious money but that is not what you should be looking for at this point. Following that approach which every other unsuccessful and desperate would-be affiliate is following is akin to putting the carrot before the horse. In other words the carrot is behind the animal instead of right in front of it. That doesn't make any sense, does it?What you must do is get the donkey first and then set up a cart behind it for it to drag along with it. Then you decide where you want the donkey to take the lo
5) Don't read messages. Not even this one!
6) Don't use serial ports, modems, or phone lines.
7) Don't use keyboards, screens, or printers.
8) Don't use switches, CPUs, memories, microprocessors, or mainframes.
9) Don't use electric lights, electric or gas heat or airconditioning, running water, writing, fire, clothing or the wheel.
I'm sure if we are all careful to follow these 9 easy steps, this virus can be eradicated, and the precious electronic fluids of our computers can be kept pure.
---RTM III
===================================================
So that's where it started. From that humble beginning the creative hoaxsters around the world have conjured forth the likes of these...
Bill Gates $1000 giveaway
It takes guts to Say "Jesus"
Then there's my personal favorite...
Clinton got rid of IRS -- no more taxes
For more information on the silly hoaxes that people buy into checkout hoaxbusters.ciac.org. But if you really want to do yourself and your friends a favor take the following tips to heart.
- Any piece of email that has the request to "send this to everyone you know" is a hoax or just a useless chain letter.
- Hoaxes can also be identified by two factors that always occur together. Those factors are technical sounding language together with credibility by association. (e.g. "The engineers at Bell Labs and IBM have determined that....")
- Chain letters can be identified easily by using a bit of common sense. Look for the "hook". For example, the "A little girl is dying" chain letter hooks you with a sympathetic story. Once you've found the hook refer to tip #1.
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