I have no way to verify this

David Morton

Lifetime Supporter
This may be a spoof but I have no way of knowing:


Subject: Fwd: URGENT--URGENT--URGENT
TWO SUBJECT LINES TO BEWARE OF:

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

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 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!!!!!!
 

David Morton

Lifetime Supporter
Thanks Jason.
I wish I had the time to investigate a fraction of the email sent to me such as this one. I 'll just pass these things on. One day it might be a killer.
 
David,

Thought I would hijack your thread and add this news story:

New homeland security tool to detect Conficker worm

I know the Conficker Worm is due to hit many computers on April 1st. I work for the US Gov and can tell you this one is genuine as I have recieved a seperate email this morning on my work account saying that they are pushing an emergency patch today and if your machine is found to have the worm they are not even going to attempt remote removal. They are desconnecting you from the network and taking your computer for a wipe and re-install.

Regards,
 

David Morton

Lifetime Supporter
Joey - I have no worries about Hijacking threads - on any subject. Good post - if I knew anything about it.
Which I don't.
 
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