FYI - BE WARNED- VERY SERIOUS

[FSUNOLE]

I have a friend who sent me this email:

I have a family relative that is in the Australian Police force and he sent me this message:




TREVOR SMALLWOOD

BRISBANE OFFICE
Tel +61(0) 7 32221347
Ext 17347 Fax +61(0) 7 32221219
www.afp.gov.au
<http>

PLEASE INFORM EVERYONE


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 ...

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. /span>

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.

[warsteiner112]

Re: FYI - BE WARNED- VERY SERIOUS

are you sure that this NOT a HOAX??

[krm2014]

Re: FYI - BE WARNED- VERY SERIOUS

I just looked it up

http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/osama.asp

Real, but outdated

[warsteiner112]

Re: FYI - BE WARNED- VERY SERIOUS

tnx.

[General_UXO]

Re: FYI - BE WARNED- VERY SERIOUS

FYI, part of the message is REAL, the other part is a hoax. After reading on Snopes about the Bin-Laden message, they included a link on the page to the hoax portion. The URL it points to is http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/invitation.asp

REAL WARNING MESSAGE http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/osama.asp

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 ...

Be considerate & send this warning to whomever you know.

PLEASE FORWARD THIS WARNING AMONG FRIENDS, FAMILY AND CONTACTS:

HOAX MESSAGE http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/invitation.asp

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. /span>

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.