مثال:

Please do not open up any mail that has this title.
It will erase your whole hard drive. This is a new
e-mail virus and not a lot of people know about
it, just let everyone know, so they won't be a victim.
Please forward this e-mail to you friends!!!
Remember the title: JOIN THE CREW.

مثال ديگر:

Subject: VIRUS WARNING VERY IMPORTANT
Please read the following message we received from a client.
If you receive an email titled "It Takes Guts to Say 'Jesus'"
DO NOT open it. It will erase everything on your hard drive. So, you must delete it.
Forward this E-MAIL out to as many people as you can. This is a new, very
malicious virus and not many people know about it. This information was
announced yesterday morning from IBM; please share it with everyone
that might access the internet. Once again, pass this along to EVERYONE in
your address book so that this may be stopped. AOL has said that this is
a very dangerous virus and that there is NO remedy for it at this time.
Please practice cautionary measures.

اگر شما email اي مانند اين ديديد آن را براي كسي نفرستيد! ويروسهاي "Jion The Crew" و "It Takes Guts to Say 'Jesus'" شوخي هستند! ويروسهاي شوخي ديگري وجود دارند مانند:

"Win a Hliday" , "AOL4Free" , "Pen Pal Greetings", "ghost" , "Deeyenda"

و بد نام ترين آنها "Good times" است.

ويژگيهاي اخطار ويروسهاي شوخي:

• تأكيد بسيار

• يك هشدار كه ويروس فقط با باز كردن پيغام فعال مي شود ( شما نمي توانيد فقط با باز كردن يك پيفام آلوده شويد مگر اينكه يك پيوست ( attachment ) را باز كنيد.

• كلمات « اين يك ويروس جديد است كه بسياري از مردم آن را نمي شناسند » در آن ديده مي شود

• دستور العملها به شما مي گويند كه با دنبال كردن يك لينك آن را برايكسانيكه مي شناسيد بفرستيد. 

• با اشاره به اينكه ويروس روز قبل بوسيله يك شركت يا گروه كامپيوتري معتبر مانند "IBM" يا "Microsoft' و يا ... اعلام شده است مي خواهند هشدار خود موجه جلوه دهند.

در اينجا يك مثال از يك هشدار حقيقي در مورد ويروس وجود دارد:

Hi all,
There is a virus (a "worm", actually) currently doing the rounds that
comes packaged in a file called PrettyPark.exe attached to an email.
Apparently it has been around since May last year, but has proliferated
recently and is currently by far the most "popular" subject of enquiries
at Symantec's anti-virus research center.
The usual rules apply: don't open it.
Information (including a fix if you are infected) is available at this
site:
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/prettypark.worm.html
Good luck, Take care.

ويژگيهايي كه نشان مي دهند اين ويروس مربوط به يك ويروس واقعي است عبارتند از :

• پيغام به شكل ساده و زبان منطقي و مستدل بيان شده است ( بدون هيچگونه بزرگنمايي در لغات )

• پيغام در مورد باز كردن يك بايل الصاقي ( attachment ) هشدار ني دهد

• پيغام آدرس سايت معتبري را مي دهد كه در آن مي توانيد در مورد ويروس اطلاعات بيشتري پيدا كنيد.

• در پيغام اطلاعاتي در مورد اينكه اگر كامپيوتر شما آلوده به ويروس شد چه كار بايد انجام دهيد به شما اطلاعاتي ميدهد. 

• در پيغام از شما خواسته نمي شود كه آن را براي كسي بفرستيد.