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submitted 6 months ago by dantheclamman@lemmy.world to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world

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[–] PoopingCough@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I remember when this went around, and everyone i knew was absolutely sure it contained a virus

[–] dantheclamman@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The end of the simpler era when exe's as email attachments were sometimes ok

[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I remember one that offered a free cupholder, by opening the CD drive