Ghost

Ghost is not a virus. Messages that state that is are hoaxs.

The Ghost screen saver program was originally distributed as a freeware product. When activated, the display window shows a Halloween setting with ghosts flying around. If activated on any Friday the 13th, the title screen changes and the ghosts fly around the entire screen, beyond the edges of the window.

Word spread that this program was a virus or Trojan horse, probably as a result of the program's change in behavior on Friday the 13th. Symantec Security Response has analyzed the original files in question and determined that the program is not a virus, worm, or Trojan.Please ignore any messages regarding this hoax and do not pass on messages. Passing on messages about the hoax only serves to further propagate it.

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