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  • MixMasterLar
    Beach Bum Extraordinaire
    FFR Simfile Author
    • Aug 2006
    • 5224

    #1

    New Virus?

    Got this in an email. Sorry if it's old news, I was offline for a bit due to a stupid comp


    >>>>>Subject: Very serious Virus
    >>>>>Got this yesterday. Looks like a legitimate warning.
    >>>>>I checked on hoaxbuster and it is also listed there
    >>>>>I checked snopes.com and this is for real..
    >>>>>
    >>>>>Get this sent around to your contacts ASAP...we don't need this
    >>>>>spreading around.
    >>>>>
    >>>>>PLEASE FORWARD THIS WARNING AMONG FRIENDS, FAMILY AND CONTACTS:
    >>>>>You should be alert during the next days:
    >>>>>
    >>>>>Do not open any message with an attac hed 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


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  • EAGAMES
    Y0FACE!
    • Dec 2006
    • 4931

    #2
    Re: New Virus?

    Wow, I'm speechless. Thanks for the warning.
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    • Fantasticone
      D7 Elite Keymasher
      • Aug 2006
      • 6003

      #3
      Re: New Virus?

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_Torch_(virus_hoax)

      http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/defau...&virus_k=98893

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      • claytonffrking
        FFR Player
        • Dec 2006
        • 70

        #4
        Re: New Virus?

        thanks for the heads up
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        I'm confused
        Was it the chicken then the egg
        Or the egg then the chicken.

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