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 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.
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.
2006-09-23 13:48:29 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
Please take a look at this site.
US can't confirm bin Laden death report. I wonder if he is really dead this time.
http://ninemsn.com.au/?lc=1033
2006-09-23 14:24:38 · update #1
thanks for the information
2006-09-23 13:57:34 · answer #1 · answered by mouses_moyer 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Variations: In mid-2006 the "Osama" virus warnings were combined with the text of the (hoax) "Invitation" virus warning.
Origins: There
are few headlines that would grab the attention of more computer users around the world than news of Osama bin Laden's having been captured or killed, so that's exactly the bait pranksters have used more than once in attempting to lure unsuspecting victims users of Microsoft Windows platforms into installing malicious code onto their computers.
In July 2004 a message claiming to offer links to photographs of Osama Bin Laden's suicide was spammed to multiple newsgroups. The links actually tricked users into opening a file that installed the Backdoor.Hacarmy.D trojan horse.
In June 2005, similarly-themed e-mail message claimed to offer images of the capture and arrest of Osama bin Laden scanned from news videos and collected in an attached ZIP file, but the attachment actually harbored a version of the Psyme Trojan.
Both trojans were easily detected and removed with updated virus protection software, and neither Osama message is circulating widely or poses much of a threat to PC users any more.
Last updated: 1 August 2006
2006-09-23 20:54:39 · answer #2 · answered by rwl_is_taken 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Very odd you should mention tis considering the McAffee Threat Centre does not even mention it...
http://www.mcafee.com/us/threat_center/default.asp
http://www.itd.umich.edu/virusbusters/hoaxes/virtual.html
2006-09-23 21:00:07 · answer #3 · answered by nads 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Old HOAX....
check URL's below
2006-09-23 20:57:33 · answer #4 · answered by ME*UK 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋