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 PIKACHUS BALL.EXE
 
 Common name: PIKACHUS BALL.EXE
 Technical name: Pikachus ball.exe
 Threat Level: Low
 Alias: Ball
 Type: Hoax
 Effects:  It generates a false alarm by reporting that there is a new virus called PIKACHUS BALL.EXE.

 Detection updated on: Sept. 24, 2002
 In circulation? No
  Brief Description
 

PIKACHUS BALL.EXE is not a virus; it is a hoax or an e-mail message that tricks users into thinking that a new virus called PIKACHUS BALL.EXE is spreading, which doesn’t actually exist.

PIKACHUS BALL.EXE tries to gain the user’s trust by giving some information, which seems to be true.  Its aim is to cause alarm and get users to forward the message.

In order to avoid problems, disregard this information, as it is completely false. You should also immediately delete the message, without forwarding it to anyone.

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  Visible Symptoms
 

PIKACHUS BALL.EXE arrives in an apparently normal e-mail message, but which can be identified by its message. The message text always refers to a virus called PIKACHUS BALL.EXE.



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Last updated:  Sept. 24, 2002 

 

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