Sassy

This hoax has been spreading widely amongst AOL users.

The hoax message is as follows:

DO NOT OPEN ANY EMAIL FROM Sassyced@aol.com !!!!!!!!!! IT LOOKS LIKE A REAL EMAIL!! She?? ALSO HAS A PROFILE!! But it crashes all your system and will not open AOL unless you type your address and credit card information!!!!! and u cannot even delete this virus! The name off the virus is SASSY.SHS Please send this mail to everyone in your buddy list!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sophos Anti-Virus researchers have not seen any evidence of this virus to date. If you receive a copy of SASSY.SHS forward it to our support staff at support@sophos.com for analysis.

Please do not forward this hoax message to other users.

Many virus hoaxes:

• falsely claim to describe an extremely dangerous virus
• use pseudo-technical language to make impressive-sounding (but impossible) claims
• falsely claim that the report was issued or confirmed by a well-known company
• ask you to forward it to all your friends and colleagues

As usual, you are urged not to pass on warnings of this kind, as the continued re-forwarding of these hoaxes simply wastes time and email bandwidth.

It is possible that you may receive a hoax via email with a file attached. Obviously, such file attachments should be treated with caution as they may be virus infected. Sophos recommends deleting virus hoax emails, whether they contain file attachments or not.

Sophos suggests a policy to help prevent hoaxes from spreading in your company.