LauraLynnC is correct - these are hoaxes, or at least no longer
relevant, since the hole the Trojan exploits has been patched.
Before anyone sends out warnings, any virus, spam, chain letter or
hoax can be checked out either at...
http://www.snopes.com/
...which is an Urban Legends reference page, or...
http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/
...which is a Hoax information page started by the Department of
Energy for its employees and which has become the standard for
reference on the Web. A quick check at either of these pages can
allay a lot of fears, since well over 90% of the scares you get in
your email are unfounded.
One other thing: if you do forward an email, please remove all the
other email addresses that came with it, and put all the addresses
you send it to in the Bcc: or Blind Copy field. Otherwise a lot of
unsuspecting people's addresses are being sent all over the Web, ripe
for spammers and hackers picking.
I know these messages are sent with the best intentions - to protect
us all. But a couple of clicks can confirm their veracity.
Thanks...
Chris
At 06:19 AM 4/21/2007, you wrote:
This seems to be important.....
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This looks like the real McCoy. You really need to read this all the through.
-------Original Message-------
From: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>William Strauss
To: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Ann Strauss ;
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Philip Strauss
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 10:47 PM
BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY. READ AND HEED.
This was verified with Snopes and it is REAL.
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 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 v! irus.
This virus simply destroys the Zero Sector of the Hard Disc, where the
vital information is kept.
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