Hate to say this for ethical reasons, but I kinda like this hoax... Yes, folks waste disk space and a bit of band width spreading the hoax.
OTOH, folks are playing Farmville, etc between calls. Anything that keeps them off yet another FB app can't be that bad... "James Kerr" <[email protected]> wrote on 11/19/2010 03:44:28 PM: > 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
