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jdoggparty

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Posted July 15, '09 4:45pm UTC

I recieved this chain mail and it is extremely important. There are emails being sent that can kill your harddrive. It is the most dangerous virus!

Just verified this with Snopes and it is REAL. ALSO WENT TO TRUTH OR FICTION,IT'S on their site also.

&n bsp; PLEASE INFORM EVERYONE you know!

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!

1.) If you get an e-mail 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:

2.) You should be alert during the next few 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 e-mail called 'invitation', even though sent by a friend. Do not open it!!! Shut down your computer immediately!!!!

This is the worst virus announced by CNN, it has been classified byMicrosoft 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

I recieved this chain mail and it is extremely important. There are emails being sent that can kill your harddrive. It is the most dangerous virus!\r\n\r\n[quote]Just  verified this with Snopes and it is REAL. ALSO  WENT TO TRUTH OR FICTION,IT'S on their  site also. \r\n\r\n\r\n   \r\n\r\n\r\n&n bsp; PLEASE  INFORM EVERYONE you know!  \r\n\r\n\r\n   \r\n\r\nEmails  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!\r\n\r\n\r\n   \r\n\r\n\r\n  1.) If you  get an e-mail along the lines of 'Osama Bin  Laden Captured' or 'Osama  Hanged' ,  don't open the Attachment!!!!  \r\n\r\n\r\n   \r\n\r\n\r\n  This  e-mail is being distributed through countries  around the globe, but mainly in the US and   Israel  \r\n\r\n\r\n   \r\n\r\n\r\n  Be  considerate & send this warning to whomever  you know. \r\n\r\n\r\n   \r\n\r\n\r\n  PLEASE  FORWARD THIS WARNING AMONG FRIENDS, FAMILY AND  CONTACTS: \r\n\r\n\r\n   \r\n\r\n\r\n  2.)  You should be alert during the next few  days:\r\n\r\n\r\n   \r\n\r\n\r\n  Do  not open any message with an attached file  called 'Invitation'  regardless of who sent it.  \r\n\r\n\r\n   \r\n\r\n\r\n  It  is a virus that opens an Olympic Torch which  'burns' the whole hard disc C of your  computer!!!! \r\n\r\n\r\n   \r\n\r\n\r\n  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.  \r\n\r\n\r\n   \r\n\r\n\r\n  It  is better to receive this message 25 times than  to receive the virus and open it  \r\n\r\n\r\n   \r\n\r\n\r\n  If you  receive e-mail called 'invitation', even though  sent by a friend. Do not open it!!! Shut down  your computer immediately!!!!  \r\n\r\n\r\n   \r\n\r\n\r\n  This  is the worst virus announced by CNN, it has been  classified byMicrosoft as the most destructive  virus ever.\r\n\r\n\r\n   \r\n\r\n\r\n  This  virus was discovered by McAfee yesterday, and  there is no repair yet for   this kind of  virus.\r\n\r\n\r\n   \r\n\r\n\r\n  This  virus simply destroys the Zero Sector of the  Hard Disc, where the vital information is kept[/quote]

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random_player_of_ag

2,636 posts

Nomad

Posted July 15, '09 4:49pm UTC

Not worried, usually I delete emails from unknown sources.

Just don't open emails that you don't know and you'll be fine.

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dacer

2,819 posts

Nomad

Posted July 15, '09 4:53pm UTC

i usually empty my junk email box lol

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BladeBreaker

702 posts

Nomad

Posted July 15, '09 4:57pm UTC

I was wondering if there was a specific address that it came from (email address), so that I would go "Hey, that's from *----*, I wont open that. Or does it just make something random or take a name from your Address book?

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shayneii

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Peasant

Posted July 15, '09 4:59pm UTC

[quote=Snopes.com]In July 2004 a message claiming to offer links to photographs of Osama Bin Laden's suicide was spammed to multiple newsgroups. The links actually tricked users into opening a file that installed the Backdoor.Hacarmy.D trojan horse.

In June 2005, similarly-themed e-mail message claimed to offer images of the capture and arrest of Osama bin Laden scanned from news videos and collected in an attached ZIP file, but the attachment actually harbored a version of the Psyme Trojan.

Both trojans were easily detected and removed with updated virus protection software, and neither Osama message is circulating widely or poses much of a threat to PC users any more. [/quote]

Not much of a threat to anyone anymore.

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random_player_of_ag

2,636 posts

Nomad

Posted July 15, '09 5:00pm UTC

Or does it just make something random or take a name from your Address book?

Probably a name of your address book. It has happened to me 20 times.
Good thing I have a good anti virus scanner.

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Green12324

4,097 posts

Peasant

Posted July 15, '09 5:07pm UTC

Solution: Use Gmail.

I've never gotten anything like that since I started using it.

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HiddenDistance

1,310 posts

Peasant

Posted July 15, '09 5:15pm UTC

I still don't understand how anyone opens or takes these things seriously.

The best ones are when it's a hoax, and they tell you do search for some obscure file on your hard drive & delete it, because it's a virus!

All of a sudden, I.E. just stops working because *someone* deleted a critical system file. XD

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firetail_madness

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Blacksmith

Posted July 15, '09 5:16pm UTC

They are obviously bluffing.

Anyways, it shouldn't be much of a problem in Canada.

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jbgarza2010

532 posts

Nomad

Posted July 15, '09 5:17pm UTC

Lol. Zero Sector?? hHAhahaha

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shayneii

2,492 posts

Peasant

Posted July 15, '09 5:58pm UTC

[quote=firetail_madness]Anyways, it shouldn't be much of a problem in Canada.[/quote]

WTF lol. Oh wait, is it because Canadians don't have terrorists attacking? :S

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firetail_madness

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Blacksmith

Posted July 15, '09 6:01pm UTC

WTF lol. Oh wait, is it because Canadians don't have terrorists attacking? :S

Well, he did mention it would go out mostly in USA and Israel, although I do not know if this is just a bluff or is true.

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HoodHulk58

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Nomad

Posted July 15, '09 6:02pm UTC

Wow Them canadians are lucky, the U.S. should evac into canada for a while till the terrorist decide to give up and go to ther pig and cow worshiping...lol JK

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Kipdon

2,169 posts

Peasant

Posted July 15, '09 6:05pm UTC

Ok, is this a threat or not? I really don't need my system getting wiped out.

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HoodHulk58

1,181 posts

Nomad

Posted July 15, '09 6:09pm UTC

No dude its not a threat...ur safe, well ur computer is safe.

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firetail_madness

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Blacksmith

Posted July 15, '09 6:11pm UTC

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No dude its not a threat...ur safe, well ur computer is safe.

You know, we need to see a news article for confirmation on this.
E-mails is just not enough...

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