Re: FWD: PC Computing Online: Bombshell

[Sunder <sunder@brainlink.com>]

There is no code to download.  When you try to download it, it asks you which
version you want and where you want to download it from, then pops up a screen
that says "April Fools" containing the text I posted.


Jean-Francois Avon wrote:
> 
> Greetings Cypherpunks!
> 
> Sorry guys, but my sense of humor stops pretty short of that one!
> 
> I find this darn pretty serious!  Did you check the source for the "april's
> fool" banner?  Did you dis-assemble the code and check it out?  If no, how do
> you know it is innocuous?  A hoax disguizing a joke disguizing gawdz knows
> what!  Pretty clever.  People will go OUT OF THEIR WAY to download it just to
> see the cute little banner!
> 
> Some people WILL believe it and WILL download the crap.  Some other will want
> to see the joke, but is it one?  This is like a pickpocket having an
> accomplice yelling "fire" in a theatre and later on say "T'was a joke...
> April's fool...".
> 
> Ciao
> 
> jfa


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