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daffydoug Eternal Order Look mom! I've got 14077 Posts |
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> 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 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 > > 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 REMEMBER YOU WILL BENIFIT ALL OF US
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Bill Palmer Eternal Order Only Jonathan Townsend has more than 24312 Posts |
This is a hoax.
Check http://www.snopes.com for the truth about this. Doug, you should know better. Posted: May 7, 2006 5:30pm -------------------------------------- This is a hoax. Check http://www.snopes.com for the truth about this. Here is the link. http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/invitation.asp Doug, you should know better. If you have forwarded this to anyone, you owe it to them to forward the fact that it is a hoax. Virus warnings like this are 99% of the time, hoaxes. Always go to snopes to check out the validity of any virus warning you get before you forward it.
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daffydoug Eternal Order Look mom! I've got 14077 Posts |
Man, now I feel like an idiot. This was sent to me by an (ex) trusted friend. I had NO inkling it was a hoax. Otherwise I would not have perpetreted such a thing. Honest to God!
I apologize for my ignorance. As you can probably tell by now, I am not the mosy computer savvy guy in the world.
The difficult must become easy, the easy beautiful and the beautiful magical.
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RandyStewart Inner circle Texas (USA) 1989 Posts |
It's OK Doug. I was actually getting ready to forward it myself as I had forgotten about snopes.com. Thanks for that reminder Bill!
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Bill Palmer Eternal Order Only Jonathan Townsend has more than 24312 Posts |
No problem. The only reason I was able to respond to this one so quickly was that I got it day before yesterday. I remembered the whole thing.
Sometime when you want a real laugh, go to Snopes.com and do a search on "Well to Hell." It's pretty funny.
"The Swatter"
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Daegs Inner circle USA 4291 Posts |
Why would you open an executable attachment that you werent expecting anyway?!?!?!?
In related news, THIS JUST IN: Don't give your paypal/ebay username and password to someone that emails you claiming to be them!!!! |
Diavo Veteran user The District 357 Posts |
"the most destructive virus ever"
This phrase alone is a tip-off to it's invalidity -- overexaggeration is a billion times worse than understatment. ;P Erasing sector 0 makes the HHD unbootable, yes, but describing it like that is hokey to me.
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daffydoug Eternal Order Look mom! I've got 14077 Posts |
I suppose it would be hokey to anyone who knows about computers. But from the perspectiove of someone who doesn't hardly know the square one about them, it may sound perfectly legit, eh?
The difficult must become easy, the easy beautiful and the beautiful magical.
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Diavo Veteran user The District 357 Posts |
Oh sure, of course it could. No worries. =)
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