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Old 3rd October 2006, 07:39 AM
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just recieved this email, it could be a wind up but you never know


> THIS IS A HUGE Warning!!!!!
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>PLEASE INFORM EVERYONE
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>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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>If you get an email along the lines of "Osama Bin Laden Captured"
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>or "Osama Hanged" don't open the attachment.
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>This e-mail is being distributed through countries around the globe, but
>mainly in the US and Israel.
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>Be considerate & send this warning to whomever you know.
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>PLEASE FORWARD THIS WARNING AMONG FRIENDS, FAMILY AND CONTACTS:
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>You should be alert during the next days:
>Do not open any message with an attached file called
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>"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.
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>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.
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>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 a 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, where the
>vital information is kept.
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Old 3rd October 2006, 09:28 AM
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Old 3rd October 2006, 07:13 PM
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The E-mail itself is the virus in as much as there is always someone that believes it and sends it to someone else which in turn clogs up the servers with spam mail which is all it is.

There are more FAKE spam virus e-mails in circulation than there are real virus's
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Old 3rd October 2006, 09:37 PM
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cheers for that ill keep it in mind and send the warning to my chums.
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i dont no why but that makes me want to open it more lol
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cheers for the info very helpful
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read what malc says then read this.

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