IS
THAT IRUS WARNING A HAX?
"BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY," YOU SAY!
Well, don't be TAKEN by a hoax.
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This page is about hoaxes, warnings, chain letters, forwards, and other
such junk e-mail.
Be smart! Ignore all warnings about viruses, even if they are
sent by well meaning friends or fellow employees.
If a warning does not come from your antivirus software or the maker
of your antivirus software, or your ISP,
then ignore it. If you have to depend on notices by other users,
then you aren't protected.
If you don't have a good anti virus program installed and updated regularly,
then you are asking for trouble.
Now, I must address those incessant
"FORWARDS"
Do you insist on forwarding messages, stories, warnings, pictures,
etc., ?
Then STOP it.
Have you ever ASKED the recipients of your messages if they WANT your
forwards?
Have you even THOUGHT about being polite enough to ask if they want
your forwards?
If you feel "offended" when someone asks you to stop sending forwarded
messages,
then you should realize that your unsolicited forwards are an offense.
But if you must offend everyone in your address book, with "forwards"
then at least have the decency to include an option for the recipient
to request no more forwards.
Unsolicited forwarded messages are no different than spam.
To employ a word from the King's grammar, I think forwards are froward.
It is FROWARD,
to
forward non-personal, non-verifiable,
unsolicited.messages.
Do you know (or care) what God thinks of froward people?
Read the following scripture to learn how God responds to a froward
person.
Hopefully, you'll stop forwarding.
(You'll find "froward" in Deuteronomy 32:20;
2 Samuel 22:27, Psalms 18:26; 101:4,
Proverbs 2:12; 2:15; 3:32; 8:13; 10:31; 11:20;
16:28; 22:5 and 1 Peter 2:18)
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KFC HOAX: If
you receive the KFC email,
(I've purposely posted it in small font, to MAKE
it difficult to read.)
PLEASE, as with ALL chain letters, hoaxes,
and urban legends DELETE it !!!
Be smarter than the one who
sent it,
and DELETE it.
> Kentucky Fried Chicken was an American tradition
for many years. Its founder's success story ranks up there with
> other greats like Ray Krock (McDonald's). So why did
Kentucky Fried Chicken change its name to KFC?
> A recent study of KFC done at the University
of New Hampshire found some very upsetting facts. We thought the real
> reason it became KFC was to make the connotation of
'fried' food less conspicuous to a heart-healthy conscious
> America. It's not. The reason why they call it KFC
is because they can not use the word chicken anymore.
> The reason? KFC does not use real chickens. They actually
use genetically manipulated organisms. These so called
> "chickens" are kept alive by tubes inserted into their
bodies to pump blood and nutrients throughout their structure.
> They have no beaks, no feathers, and no feet. Their
bone structure is dramatically shrunk to get more meat out of
> them. This is great for KFC because they do not have
to pay so much for their production costs. There is no more
> plucking of the feathers or the removal of the beaks
and feet.
> The government has told them to change all of their
menus so they do not say chicken anywhere. If you look closely
> you will notice this. Listen to their commercials,
I guarantee you will not see or hear the word chicken. I find this matter
> to be very disturbing - I mean, you know... as for
me, if it doesn't cluck like a chicken, it just isn't a chicken.
> But then too, that 'special recipe' has a taste, a
flavor, that just isn't available anywhere else on the face of the earth.
> As for me, their "original" can't be beat. So
I guess I will just join the twenty-first century and keep enjoying my
> "Kentucky Fried Whatever it is"... Kind of makes
me wonder what folks will be eating come 2099...
| THE FOLLOWING ADVICE comes
from a bi-monthly ezine called Neat
Net Tricks.
Because this advice is SO right, I'm passing it on
to you.
Pastor Steve Zumalt.
________________
From Neat Net Tricks
"HOAXES REVISITED"
It’s been awhile since I discussed hoaxes such
as such-and-such virus that will totally demolish everything within 500
yards of your computer and cause all your frozen foods to thaw overnight.
I recommend readers visit http://kumite.com/myths
before going into a panic and passing on more scares.
Please…. next time you get a virus warning, or
other possible hoax, take just a minute to slide over to that link and,
chances are, you’ll find the hoax discussed there in sufficient depth to
dispel your fears; and, you won’t be tempted to waste further bandwidth
by passing the scare on to others.
And, if that link hasn’t convinced you, then try
one or both of these:
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/hoax.html
http://www.ncsa.com/services/consortia/anti-virus/alerthoax.html
|
While on the subject of hoaxes, let's include
chain
letters and YES even "urgent prayer requests."
You
know, those little messages you receive on ICQ, in Email, all over the
net, tugging at your heartstrings, about a little boy or girl who is dying
and the only way he or she won’t die is if you send the message to 10 other
people?
And that message with the header, "If
you delete this, you really don't have a heart." That's pretty
good proof that it's a hoax, and nothing more than a chain letter. After
all, why would you send it to someone who might delete it? And if you don't
know them any better than that, then you really aren't in agreement with
them in faith anyway.
Duhhhh! Wake up! Exercise your
faith to increase wisdom, discretion and common sense. Think!
A little common sense would help eliminate a
lot of stupidity. God USE to wink at ignorance. But He now requires all
men everywhere to repent.
"Stupid, naive Christians"
There is no petition before the
FCC to remove all religious broadcasting from the airwaves.
"Maybe
we should start forwarding a "Stupid, naive Christians"
alert: (as one Pastor called it. Thanks much Pastor.)
There is no such petition before
the FCC to remove all religious broadcasting from the airwaves. I
have a file in my office of copies of the same false petition that resurfaces
about every three years among "concerned" Christians. And I also have several
articles from reputable sources, proving there is no truth to the
Madelyn
Murray O'Hare rumor.
What has happened over the
past 15-20 years is that millions of people have wasted time, postage,
money and energy on a scam that makes Christians look like gullible, uninformed,
over-reactors. I understand people's concern when they hear stuff
like this. But the FCC was even quoted as saying they would never entertain
such a policy because of the First Amendment!
Send this correction to whomever
you think has heard the false information and maybe we can stop the madness.
There are many (REAL) worthwhile causes to which we can give our time and
energy."
Another large hoax focuses on a farfetched
account of “kidney harvests” or ... some billionaire who (non-verifiable
of course) will pay .05 cents for each time a message is forwarded.
Now come on! Have you EVER reported to ANYONE that you forwarded or received
an email? It goes on and on, ad nauseum.
One's relationship with God
We should spend our time on real issues.
We definitely don't need to expend good energy, emotion, or bandwidth based
on "guilt" over some email message. One's relationship with God, or God's
love toward us, is NOT based on whether we forward, or return some ditty
email to the one's in our address books. Thank God for that!
So, before you pass on the "Amanda
Bundy " prayer request, please click on her name for an update.
Or, the one about, Rev.
Hutchinson, the missionary in West Africa
Advice: just don’t
pass them on.
Read them, and believe them if YOU want to.
But for the rest of us, we prefer to discartd
them.
You should at least take the time to check things
out.
Go to the US Department of Energy's
Computer
Incident Advisory Capability
OR http://ciac.llnl.gov
Now, repeat after me:
"I won't spread rumors about another virus.
I will first look it up to see if it's a hoax"
(which
it usually is.)
"I won't forward another chain letter of any
kind.
It only makes me look stupid." (though
I'm really not.)
Unless you keep forwarding chain
letters after reading this message.
Neat Net Tricks
Web site |
|
"Amanda
Bundy
"
Rev. Hutchinson, the missionary
in West Africa
The "URGENT PRAYER
REQUEST" e-mail about Rev. Hutchinson,
the missionary in West Africa who is allegedly on trial
for murdering a 16-year-old young man is false. It has a "seed" of
truth that has been built up into a "rumor tree" and has been floating
around since May of 1999. If you receive more questions or emails about
this situation please refer people to the website where the article concerning
this can be found: http://www.gospelcom.net/mnn/news-05-28-99.html
The following is the text of the note that is found at
this web site.
Thanks for being concerned and do continue to pray for
the safety of all
missionaries. In Christ, Duane
"We begin today looking at a rumor circulating via e-mail
that has
created confusion and unnecessary concern for a West
African missionary.
Mark Kelly, with the Southern Baptist International Mission
Board says on
April 20th, 1999 Tim Hutchinson was involved in a car
accident that
killed a 16-year old boy.
"The police began a routine investigation of a traffic
accident. Mr.
Hutchinson's passport and drivers' license were taken.
He was told he
couldn't drive and couldn't leave the country while
they waited for the
hearing. But the family was not up in arms - there
was no mob that was
attacking the car - he has not been jailed, there's
no murder charge
filed, there's no possibility of him being hanged - the
e-mail just
couldn't be more wrong about the situation."
More importantly, Kelly says the rumor is destructive
because: " People
have been distracted from serious prayer concerns by
circulating this
untrue rumor. We want to pray for the family of the boy
who was killed,
that God would give them peace and comfort in a time
of distress, and
would use this experience to reveal Himself to them and
draw them to Christ."
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"If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of
God, that giveth to all men
liberally, and upbraideth not: and it shall
be given him. James 1:5 (kjv)
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