# Wobbler - anyone heard anything?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wobbler-anyone-heard-anything/33030>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 13, 2000, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wobbler-anyone-heard-anything/33030 "2000-09-13T15:36:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Heloise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e36b37/32.png) [@Heloise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heloise)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2000, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wobbler-anyone-heard-anything/33030/1 "2000-09-13T15:36:19Z")

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Anyone know anything about this virus/hoax?

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**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2000, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wobbler-anyone-heard-anything/33030/2 "2000-09-13T15:44:51Z")

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Whenever I get an unkown file or an attachment from someone not familair I do a search on the Norton Antivirus site on [symantec.com](http://symantec.com) Good way to separate fact from fallacy. I recently recieved Pretty Park, a screen saver that turns out to be a worm.

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**Author:** ![Lord\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecccb3/32.png) [@Lord\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Jim)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2000, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wobbler-anyone-heard-anything/33030/3 "2000-09-13T15:48:37Z")

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It is a hoax. According to [Symantic Anti-Virus Resource Center (SARC)“Wobbler Virus Hoax”](http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/wobbler-hoax.html)  
This is a good place to check any virus/hoaxes.

Jim

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**Author:** ![Heloise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e36b37/32.png) [@Heloise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heloise)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2000, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wobbler-anyone-heard-anything/33030/4 "2000-09-13T15:51:44Z")

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Thanks. I just went there. Dang it. Oh, well. If it were a virus, we would have gotten calls already this morning from some user saying, “I got this in my email and thought it was a joke. I didn’t mean to open a virus…”

Putzes.