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  • alker ranger
    DK Veteran
    • Dec 2008
    • 361

    #1

    email virus

    Received the following email from a friend today

    TWO SUBJECT LINES of which to be AWARE.


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



    PLEASE INFORM EVERYONE you know!

    1.) 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 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.



    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 an e-mail called 'invitation', even though sent by a friend. Do not open it!!!



    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 other vital information is kept.



    SEND THIS E-MAIL TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW!!!!
  • MrFug
    DK Veteran
    • May 2008
    • 880

    #2
    THIS is spam. The Osama Bin Laden virus email has been around for years. If you open the attached file, it installs an easily detectable and removable trojan. Your post is spam and fear mongering bullshit.

    Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk

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    • alker ranger
      DK Veteran
      • Dec 2008
      • 361

      #3
      Originally posted by MrFug
      THIS is spam. The Osama Bin Laden virus email has been around for years. If you open the attached file, it installs an easily detectable and removable trojan. Your post is spam and fear mongering bullshit.

      Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk
      Thanks for that, not seen or heard of it before

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      • Canker_Canison
        V.I.P. Member
        • May 2010
        • 3904

        #4
        The Olympic torch has been doing the rounds since dial-up was king of the connections.
        Canker

        "Animal, vegetable or mineral... I'll do anything, to anything, with anything"
        - The Baby Eating Bishop of Bath & Wells
        [COLOR=Green]

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        • nara
          DK Veteran
          • May 2008
          • 2586

          #5
          Originally posted by MrFug
          THIS is spam. The Osama Bin Laden virus email has been around for years. If you open the attached file, it installs an easily detectable and removable trojan. Your post is spam and fear mongering bullshit.

          Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk
          Yep, been around since about 2004.

          ...and anyway, any email saying "Send This Email To Everyone You Know!!!" should go straight into the bin where it belongs.
          He who laughs last probably didn't get the joke.

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          • borostfor
            Newbie
            • Jun 2011
            • 1

            #6
            rubish, is where it belongs

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            • TheJackel
              Member
              • May 2010
              • 64

              #7
              Originally posted by nara
              Yep, been around since about 2004.

              ...and anyway, any email saying "Send This Email To Everyone You Know!!!" should go straight into the bin where it belongs.
              Totally agree nara.

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              • MrFug
                DK Veteran
                • May 2008
                • 880

                #8
                Originally posted by alker ranger
                Thanks for that, not seen or heard of it before
                No prob man. I didn't mean to appear like a dick, it's just spam is my arch enemy!

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                • pavtoor
                  Newbie
                  • Jun 2011
                  • 1

                  #9
                  testing message

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                  • MrFug
                    DK Veteran
                    • May 2008
                    • 880

                    #10
                    Originally posted by pavtoor
                    testing message
                    Your test was a resounding success. -_-

                    Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk

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