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	Common name:			AIDS
	Technical name:			A.I.D.S. Virus
	Threat Level:			Low
	Alias:			AIDS Virus, A.I.D.S., A.I.D.S. Virus, Sida, Virus AIDS
	Type:			Hoax
	Effects:			It generates a false alarm by reporting that there is a virus, which is supposed to damage computers serioulsy.
	First detected on:			Sept. 24, 2002
	Detection updated on:			Sept. 24, 2002
	In circulation?			No

	Brief Description
	AIDS is not a virus; it is a hoax or an e-mail message, whose content ironically warns of an inexistent virus that is supposed to arrive in a message with the subject OPEN: VERY COOL!! or aol4free.com. Its aim is to cause alarm and get users to forward the message to all the contacts in the Address Book. However, in order to avoid problems, users should do the opposite of what the message proposes. Do not forward the message and delete it immediately.
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	Visible Symptoms
	AIDS arrives in an apparently normal e-mail message, but which can be identified by its message. The message text always warns users not to open e-mail messages with the subject OPEN: VERY COOL!:) or aol4free.com.
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Last updated: Sept. 24, 2002