Description
This hoax was intended as a joke. However, some users have been
concerned by it. The text of the hoax is as follows:
TROJAN HORSE WARNING
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WARNING! WARNING! WARNING!
IF YOU RECEIVE A GIFT IN THE SHAPE OF A LARGE WOODEN HORSE DO NOT DOWNLOAD
IT!!!! It is EXTREMELY DESTRUCTIVE and will overwrite your ENTIRE CITY!! The
"gift" is disguised as a large wooden horse about two stories tall. It tends to
show up outside the city gates and appears to be abandoned. DO NOT let it
through the gates! It contains hardware that is incompatible with Trojan
programming, including a crowd of heavily armed Greek warriors that will
destroy your army, sack your town, and kill your women and children. If you
have already received such a gift, DO NOT OPEN IT! Take it back out of the city
unopened and set fire to it by the beach. FORWARD THIS MESSAGE TO EVERYONE YOU
KNOW!