[DeTomaso] FW: Virus Alert: IT'S A HOAX!!!!

[Mark Charlton]

People really should just Google this stuff before sending out warnings.
It's a hoax from 2006.


On 6/17/07 6:39 PM, "Greg Landwehr     " <pantera928 at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> FW: Virus Alert         READ THIS ONE !!!!                   36Real? I don't
> know. Maybe worth checking into.
> Greg
> 
> 
>   I checked with Norton Antivirus and they are gearing up for this virus
> 
>   so I believe this is real.  I checked snopes.com and this is for real.
> 
>   Get this sent around to your contacts ASAP...we don't need this  spreading
> around. 
> 
>   READ AS SOON AS POSSIBLE  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.
> 
>   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, YOU WILL BENEFIT
> 
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