Well, I checked out Geek Squad's website and they didn't know anything about it until someone brought the warning to their attention. This makes me wonder if it may be a hoax.
-----Original Message----- From: James Kerr [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 4:44 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Facebook "Christmas Tree" app YES I HAVE SEEN IT!!!!!!!!!!1!! WHAT WILL WE DO??/ This message was just put up by a friend on Facebook. Is there any validity or just another hoax? "WARNING!!!!!!.....Don't Usethe Christmas Tree App. please be advised it will crash your computer.Geek Squad says it's one of the WORST Trojan Viruses there is and it isspreading quickly. Re-post and let your friends know!! T...hx! Its Called...Best Friends Xmas" ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Aldrich" <[email protected]> To: "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 1:47 PM Subject: Facebook "Christmas Tree" app > Any of y'all seen the warning that the "Christmas Tree" app on Facebook is > infected with a virus? Snopes lists it as "under investigation" so I > thought > I'd check and see if there is any knowledge one way or the other here. As > a > precaution, I've sent out a warning to my users not to use that app, > *especially* not on company computers. I'm resigned to the fact that since > things are somewhat slow around here, a lot of people are probably going > to > be checking there FB accounts... > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
