Bin Laden email virus

[MaggieMae]

Forwarding --

PLEASE INFORM EVERYONE you know!

1.) Emails with pictures of Osama Bin-Laden hanged are being sent and the moment that you open these emails and/or attachments your computer will crash and you will not be able to fix it! It may appear as a joke, because of course he was not "hanged."

This e-mail is being distributed through countries around the globe, but mainly in the US and Israel.

2.) You should be alert during the next few days:

Do not open any message with an attached file 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 these messages 25 or more times than to open and launch the virus.

This is the worst virus announced by CNN, it has been classified by Microsoft as the most destructive virus ever, 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 other vital information is kept.

SEND THIS E-MAIL TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW!!!! Or care about……..

 

[Shooter]

This appears to be a hoax.

Bin-Laden and Olympic Torch Virus Warning Hoax

Summary:

Message claims that two very destructive viruses are being distributed, one in an email concerning the capture or hanging of Osama Bin-Laden and another in an email with the subject "Invitation" (Full commentary below.)

Status:

False

Commentary:

This "virus warning" combines two earlier email forwards that have circulated widely as completely separate messages.

The first part of the message claims that an email about the supposed capture and hanging of Osama Bin Laden contains a dangerous virus that will seriously damage your computer. While the Bin Laden tactic has actually been used in the past to distribute malware, the warning is highly exaggerated and significantly outdated.

The second part of the message claims that an email with the subject line "Invitation" carries a virus that can open an "Olympic Torch" that will destroy the hard-drive of the infected computer. However, this claim is totally unfounded. There is not, nor has there ever been, a virus like the one described in the second part of the message. This part of the message is simply a reworking of an even older virus hoax.

The message contains false and misleading information and it should not be forwarded. Before forwarding any virus warning email, always take the time to check the veracity of the claims in the message at a reputable anti-virus or anti-hoax website. Sending warning messages about non-existent viruses or messages that distort the truth about real viruses is entirely counterproductive and only adds to the ongoing problems caused by computer security threats.

Bin-Laden and Olympic Torch Virus Warning Hoax

 

[MaggieMae]

Better to be safe than sorry.

Information on the old threats and an update on the latest.
snopes.com: Osama bin Laden Video Virus