The mail received from Shri S.Srinivasan with the Subject:
FW: Police Warning - don't delete - pass it on regarding 'Osama Bin Laden
Captured' or 'Osama Hanged' DO NOT OPEN THE ATTACHMENT.
is another Hoax mail in circulation since 2006.
The details are given below:
Osama Hanged
Type
Hoax
SubType
-
Discovery Date
09/26/2006
Length
Minimum DAT
N/A ( )
Updated DAT
N/A ( )
Minimum Engine
N/A
Description Added
09/28/2006
Description Modified
09/28/2006 10:20 PM (PT)
Overview -
The Osama Hanged hoax uses a social engineering technique to get users to
forward the hoax message to other users similar to that of a chain email.
Hoaxes do not contain any malicious files or scripts. If you receive this
hoax, please do not forward it to other users as this is how most hoaxes
propagate.
This hoax uses a very similar technique to the Olympic Torch Hoax.
Characteristics -McAfee Avert Labs HOAX Notice!!McAfee Avert Labs would like to
inform you of a new email HOAX.
This email message is just a HOAX, currently we know of no other message that
the user will receive about the HOAX as the initial email states. McAfee Avert
Labs has not received any report of a user's hard drive being erased by opening
the email.
We are advising users who receive the email to delete it and DO NOT forward it
on as this is how an email HOAX propagates.
Below is the actual text from the message that may be received via email.
THIS IS A HUGE Warning!!!!!PLEASE INFORM EVERYONEEmails 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
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.
Again, if you receive this email delete it and DO NOT forward it on.
McAfee Avert Labs
Risk Assessment
Corporate User
N/A
Home User
N/A
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Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to
http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/
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