Re: Fw: VIRUS ALERT

This "virus alert" says it was discovered by MacAfee "yesterday."  That's a 
sure sign it's a quasivirus; i.e., it gets you to send copies to everyone in 
your addressbook.  If it weren't a hoax, it would have a date instead of 
"yesterday," and it
could then stop being circulated after a couple of weeks.

  The suggestion that you send it to everyone is another sign of being a 
hoax; a real virus alert leaves it to you to decide how widely to circulate 
it.

  --Nelson
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Subject: [VICUG-L] Fw: VIRUS ALERT


-------- Original Message --------
From: "pinecreekbob" <[email protected]>
To: <Undisclosed-Recipient:, >
Subject: Fw: VIRUS ALERT
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 09:41:49 -0500



  PLEASE FORWARD THIS WARNING AMONG FRIENDS, FAMILY AND CONTACTS!
You should be  alert during the next few days.
   Do not open any message with an attachment entitled

> >   "Invitation,"
  regardless of who sent it to you.  It is a virus which 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.  This  is the reason why you need to 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,' even though sent 
to you  by a friend,  do not open it.  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.









No virus found in this incoming message.
Checked by AVG Free Edition.
Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.24/1115 - Release Date: 11/7/2007 
9:21 AM






No virus found in this incoming message.
Checked by AVG Free Edition.
Version: 7.5.486 / Virus Database: 269.15.30/1125 - Release Date: 11/11/2007 
9:50 PM
Hi all,
For your info.
Harry
Fw: VIRUS ALERT
Date:
12 Nov 2007 09:41
From:
"pinecreekbob" <[email protected]>
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To:
<Undisclosed-Recipient:, >
Bcc:
[email protected]
PLEASE FORWARD THIS WARNING AMONG FRIENDS, FAMILY AND CONTACTS!
You should be alert during the next few days.
Do not open any message with an attachment entitled

> > "Invitation,"
regardless of who sent it to you. It is a virus which 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. This is the reason why you need to 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,' even though sent to 
you by a friend, do not open it. 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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