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Beware of Recent Email Viruses

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You might have already heard about this but:

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.

9 comments on “Beware of Recent Email Viruses”

  1. This is definitely a hoax.
    The biggest give-away is the histerical language used.
    It is, however, good practice to not open attachments unless you’re expecting something from someone.

  2. Better to be open minded for the right things than to open our eyes, ears and hearts to the sewage of society. May all we be zoche to be real BTs :)

  3. If these warnings were credible, they’d be on the evening news, radio, etc. It’s ludicrous to think that a company such as McAfee couldn’t just have their PR person call every TV station in town and get it announced. Rule of thumb: If the only way you’re hearing about something is e-mail, it’s probably a hoax. Companies who want to get across a message have people on staff full-time to get their messages in as many media as possible.

  4. On the contrary. Non BTs are too credulous and accepting of dominant cultural norms. A little healthy skepticism with conventional wisdom is what gets most BTs Teshuva process rolling.

  7. I received it from one of our contributors and thought that it couldn’t hurt posting it. It’s always a good idea to be extremely cautious with attachments.

  8. Since I have seen no such warning through my company’s IT group, I suspect this is an inauthentic chain letter.

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