VIRUS ALERT FROM AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE OFFICE - GENUINE - PLEASE READ (16)

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PLEASE
INFORM EVERYONE
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!
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 ...
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 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. /span>

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.

Abes being the comp illiterate person i am, can we just delete it if we get it or not?

yes, you should be able to delete it but be careful not to open it by mistake. I don't know what possesses people to sit down and make these viruses

Because their rotten bored computer geeks, and have a Beef with the real world, friggin scumbags
Hope none of us get it, Thanks to Martia we are now aware and to you for posting the warning cheers mate

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.


Really ? I thought he was going in shares on a motel with Elvis ?


This bit above is the virus that would be more likely to catch people, and as they say............no fix.

Hi girls.. would just like to point out that this email is a hoax.. and it is usually a good idea to look up some of the hoax websites that are around to check the authenticity of any of these types of emails you get.. saves stressing over nothing about.com is a good place to start :-)

here is what it says about the email you have warned people about here


Osama Bin-Laden hanged hoax
By Mary Landesman, About.com

In July 2004, a Trojan was sent out bearing the subject line "Osama Found Hanged". The body of the email read:
Osama Bin Ladin was found hanged by two CNN journalists early Wedensday evening. As evidence they took several photos, some of which i have included here. As yet, this information has not hit the headlines due to Bush wanting confirmation of his identity but the journalists have released some early photos over the internet..
The email then included a link to a website which downloaded a variant of the Hackarmy Trojan, a rather ho-hum backdoor that logged on to a predefined IRC server and accepted certain commands. The Trojan was easily detectable by antivirus, the site was shutdown quickly, and few - if any - infections actually occurred as a result. In short, it was dead in the water before it even started to swim.

Now fast forward to a year later. In July 2005, twelve months after this original non-threat was discovered, someone composed a panicked email claiming:

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!!!
This e-mail is being distributed through countries around the globe, but mainly in the US and Israel.

Don't be inconsiderate; send this warning to whomever you know.

Unfortunately, unlike the Trojan it warns about, the email hoax is getting wide distribution, spreading FUD and wasting time and bandwidth. Please do be considerate; DON'T send this warning to anyone you know. It's as bogus as the alleged pictures of Osama are.

Is that a fact......thanks Blonde, came through with all the right ID, I just couldn't post it onto the site. Seemed genuine.

You're fairly switched on... for a blonde.