Virus warning
Jun. 19th, 2007 10:31 pmAn email I got today:
>PLEASE FORWARD THIS WARNING:
>>> >
>>> > 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 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, 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
It might be a fake, but I thought I should post it anyway.
>PLEASE FORWARD THIS WARNING:
>>> >
>>> > 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 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, 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
It might be a fake, but I thought I should post it anyway.