Got This Warning Email From A Mate

[Keepers Ball]

Subject: FW: Please Read and Send Out ASAP

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>>> 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!

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>>> This e-mail is being distributed through countries around

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>>>globe, but mainly in the US and Israel.

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>>> Don't be inconsiderate; send this warning to

>>> whomever you know.

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>>> If you get an email along the lines of "Osama Bin

>>> Laden Captured" or "Osama Hanged" don't open the attachment.

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>>> 2. Please read the attached warning issued today.

>>> PLEASE FORWARD THIS WARNING AMONG FRIENDS, FAMILY AND

>>> CONTACTS:

>>>;

>>> You should be alert during the next days:

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>>> Do not open any message with an attached filed

>>> called "Invitation" regardless of who sent it .

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>>> 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.

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>>> If you receive a mail called "invitation", though sent by

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>>>friend, do not open it and shut down your computer immediately.

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>>> This is the worst virus announced by CNN, it has been

>>> classified

>>>by Microsoft as the most destructive virus ever.

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>>> This virus was discovered by McAfee yesterday, and there is

>>>no repair yet for this kind of virus.

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>>> This virus simply destroys the Zero Sector of the Hard Disc,

>>>& gt; where the vital information is kept.

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>>> SEND THIS E-MAIL TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW, COPY THIS E-MAIL AND

>>>SEND IT TO YOUR FRIENDS AND REMEMBER: IF YOU SEND IT TO THEM, YOU WILL

>> BENEFIT

>>>ALL OF US.

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>>>------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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>>> Internal Virus Database is out-of-date.

>>> Checked by AVG Free Edition.

>>> Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.9.0/368 - Release Date:

>>> 16/06/2006

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>>>------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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>>> No virus found in this incoming message.

>>> Checked by AVG Free Edition.

>>> Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.8/380 - Release Date:

>>> 30/06/2006

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>> __________ NOD32 1.1664 (20060717) Information __________

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>> This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system.

>> http://www.eset.com

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make of it what you will

[Big Red Rich]

Yet, in the 'real world,' relying on e-mailed virus warnings to ensure the safety of your computer and the data it contains is foolhardy at best and suicidal - technologically speaking - at worst. The so-called advisories are almost always false. Even when they do have an ounce of truth to them, they are either blown out of proportion (such as in the case of the Osama Bin Laden virus warning) or devoid of any real information or advice that would truly help you avoid or clean an infection. They serve only to make us paranoid and, in some cases, can do more harm than good (e.g., forwarding them increases your exposure to spam and scams).

Taken from many sites like this: http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/olympicvirus.html

[Keepers Ball]

ok

but then i didnt know and thought I'd better warn you all