VIRUS WARNING

[garyjd]

I recieved an E-mail from a good friend concerning this and I thought I'd pass it along FWIW.~Gary

PLEASE INFORM EVERYONE

Emails with pictures of Osama Bin-Laden hanged are being sent and the moment that you open these emails your computer will crash and you will not be able to fix it! If you get an email along the lines of "Osama Bin Laden Captured" or "Osama Hanged" don't open the attachment. This e-mail is being distributed through countries around the globe, but mainly in the US and Israel.

PLEASE FORWARD THIS WARNING AMONG FRIENDS, FAMILY AND CONTACTS:

You should be alert during the next days:
Do not! open any message with an attached filed called "Invitation" regardless of who sent it. It is a virus that opens an Olympic Torch which "burns" the whole hard disc C of your computer. This virus will be received from someone who has your e-mail address in his/her contact list, that is why you should send this e-mail to all your contacts. It is better to receive this message 25 times than to receive the virus and open it. If you receive a mail called "invitation", though sent by a friend, do not open it and shut down your computer immediately. This is the worst virus announced by CNN, it has been classified by Microsoft as the most destructive virus ever. This virus was discovered by McAfee yesterday, and there is no repair yet for this kind o! f virus. This virus simply destr oys the Zero Sector of the Hard Disc, where the vital information is kept.

 

[slaj]

Thanks for the tip off Gary

Stephen Mallia

 

[Ernest]

thanks a lot, I recived the ****** email today by hotmail, but I did not open it...maybe someone wants to play me a bad joke :angry:

ER

 

[jaime]

Thanks Gary

 

[Blind Pew]

Thank you Gary - I'll be sure to pass this on

 

[John Bowery]

Gary,
Thanksa million, I passed this on to all on my list.
John

 

[Brent Fordham]

I know that sending warnings like this are meant with the best intentions, and I do appreciate the heads-up, but beware, not everything you read is true . Not trying to pull a "told-you-so" here, just trying to pass on some info. A quick googling shows that the warning is a hoax, designed simply to eat up bandwidth. It's a mild virus in itself, I suppose. Most of these "virus" warnings are hoaxes, and I can't remember ever receiving one that turned out to be genuine. As always, the best defense is to have regularly updated, real-time virus protection software, and don't open attachments from people you don't trust.

The following are links to sites that provide info de-bunking the hoax:
Link 1
Link 2
Link 3

 

[garyjd]

Well, there is no harm done if it turns out to be a hoax. Best to be safe than sorry.~Gary

 

[Brent Fordham]

IRT Gary: I agree that it's better to be safe than sorry. And if nothing else, perhaps the hoax warning still serves to teach people to be vigilant regarding their emails.

Cheers, Brent F

 

[Charles Denomolos]

Paul, while some "hacker" have been hired in the past, for supposedly huge salaries, most of these stories are urban legends. Think about it from your perspective. If someone came into the firehouse, bragging about how they just torched a building, what would YOU guys do??????


First off, he's admitting to a crime, and he's telling the LAST people in the world he should be telling this to.........