Bin Laden E-mail Virus....Please read.........

efishnsea

Active Member
Hey Everyone
I just got this tonight and thought I would pass it on......
efish :happyfish nsea

URGENT !!)
BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY. READ AND HEED.
I just verified this with Snopes and it is REAL.
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, 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:
You should be alert during the next 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 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.
 

efishnsea

Active Member
Originally Posted by lion_crazz
Thanks for the warning!!
Yea no problem, sure would hate to get this one!!!!!
 

efishnsea

Active Member
Originally Posted by lion_crazz
I usually do wind up getting all of those....
I have acquired a few as well and know what a pain in the rear they are....
Its really scary the types of viruses that are being created. I guess we will just have to learn to live with them, somehow?????
 

1journeyman

Active Member
Computer viruses... seriously, creating one of these things needs to be a capital offence punishable by being buried alive with no appeal.
 

lion_crazz

Active Member
Wow, you're right Ophiura, unless they are resurfacing again. Nonetheless, I would have opened it for sure. :scared:
 

renogaw

Active Member
my company nationwide is dealing with a virus right now. the darn thing actually infected our virus protection program to make it think it wasn't a virus.
 

dragonzim

Active Member
Originally Posted by garnet13aj
...And that's why I LOVE macs!
Macs can get viruses just as easily as PC's now....
 

sig45

Member
Originally Posted by lion_crazz
Are you sure? My fiancee has a Mac and she is always gloating the fact that Macs can't get viruses.
macs dont get viruses they get worms and trojan horses.
 

garnet13aj

Active Member
Do you have a mac? Becuase I've never gotten a virus on a mac I owned and I've had them for 10+ years and nothing has changed.
I'm not saying it's impossible, but I've never experienced it or heard of any stories from other people I know w/macs.
 

hatessushi

Active Member
Originally Posted by ophiura
Thanks for this, but it is a bit outdated

http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/osama.asp
I just saw this post and remembered this virus a while back. Trojans are common and this one is harmless. Just about any anti virus software will remove it since it is an old virus.
Also, MacIntosh computers are just as suseptable to email viruses as PC's are. Plus there are other viruses that Macs can get. Lots of viruses are created to attack any system with Microsoft applications and since Macs use MS apps now well....
 
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