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T.W.R
27th September 2007, 22:02
Just got sent this;

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 .
Be considerate & send this warning to whomever you know.

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 of virus.

This virus simply destroys the Zero Sector of the Hard Disc, where the vital information is kept.

NighthawkNZ
27th September 2007, 22:03
Just got sent this;

PLEASE INFORM EVERYONE


errr that one of the oldest forms of hoax virus scams there is?

T.W.R
27th September 2007, 22:06
errr that one of the oldest forms of hoax virus scams there is?

tell that to the IT guy that sent to me then :bleh:

xwhatsit
27th September 2007, 22:20
tell that to the IT guy that sent to me then :bleh:

Afraid it is a hoax. Was going around at least a year ago as well.

Your IT guy sounds a touch gullible to me :)

Check this (http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/default.asp?id=description&virus_k=98893) link out, it's got a good chunk of the text from your email, but it is from a different hoax. Whoever writes these things isn't very original, nor seems to know very much about hard disk drives ^_^

T.W.R
27th September 2007, 22:25
No skin off my nose :blink:

he's in England so who knows lols

GKTaylor
27th September 2007, 22:47
Don't you just get sick of all the hoaxs and viruses? Oh if only there was a Operating system that didnt suffer from all this agony - oh no wait...there is!

xwhatsit
27th September 2007, 23:03
Don't you just get sick of all the hoaxs and viruses? Oh if only there was a Operating system that didnt suffer from all this agony - oh no wait...there is!

Linux? :Pokey:

GKTaylor
27th September 2007, 23:06
Linux? :Pokey:

Yeeeah thats what i was talking about! Dirty old Linux!

sAsLEX
27th September 2007, 23:22
You have just assisted a DENIAL Of SERVICE attack...... you are now part of the problem

The Pastor
28th September 2007, 11:17
dude, why don't you open up the backdoor port and uplink the downstreem data flow while routing the wireles hot spot through the gfx card so that you can modem your ram on your windoze box?

then hax the mainframe.