IJMC - Virus Warning! Important! (not)

Since the last one was lame...and since I'm still tipsy or such...and 
since I am three behind anyway, or was, I guess I'm not anymore, 
actually, I'm caught up now...I'm sending this out regardless. Course, I 
think now would be a good time to update the web site, eh Mikey? I mean, 
if you don't get that last part...check out the Little Orphan Annie page 
on the http://www.ijmc.com/ site to find the immortal words of Mikey. 
You'll know what I'm talking about. Hmm. Web update. Mmm. Donuts.  -dave




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

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>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