URGENT TWO SUBJECT LINES TO BEWARE OF: BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY. READ AND HEED. 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 Be considerate & send this warning to who ever you know.
PLEASE FORWARD THIS WARNING AMONG FRIENDS, FAMILY AND CONTACTS:
You should be alert during the next few days: Do not open any message with an attached file 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.
I received this email today from no less than 5 people, some I don't even know. My God, I thought What is going on. So I went on BBC web and checked there, nothing. CNN, nothing. Microsoft, nothing. MacFee, nothing. So what am I doing about the above email? That's right, nothing.
Mind you if the emails mentioned do turn up I will know what to do. Better safe than without a computer.
5 comments:
http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/osama.asp
This was a minor problem - but 5 years ago.
Always check Urban legends when you see those pass this on to everyone words
I did check BBC, CNN, MacFee and Microsoft (all mentioned in the email)and found nothing but never though to look in Urban Legends. I will in future.
99.9999999999999% of Virus warnings are hoaxes.... bin 'em!
And beware of Nigerians offering great riches...
If you receive an email asking you to send it to all of your contacts and everyone does this it will slow down the whole system. They are best deleted.
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