[frgeek-michiana] Re: WARNING>>>>NEW VIRUS

  • From: Richard Zimmerman <ke4rit@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 08:44:03 -0500

P-L-E-A-S-E verify stuff like this.... This = HOAX!

http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/invitation.asp

Goose


Andrew Strasser wrote:
Get this sent around to your contacts ASAP...we don't need this
>spreading around.
>
>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 virus. This virus simply destroys the Zero Sector
>of the Hard Disc, where the vital information is kept
>
>SEND THIS E-MAIL TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW ,
>
>COPY THIS E-MAIL AND SEND! IT TO YOUR FRIENDS
>
>AND REMEMBER: IF YOU SEND IT TO THEM, YOU WILL BENEFIT ALL OF US
Andrew Strasser

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