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[splott]

Just received this e-mail it sounds pretty dire to me.
 How true it is I don't know but worth being aware of

PLEASE  INFORM EVERYONE you know!
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!
 

  1.) If you  get an e-mail 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:

 


  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 ad dress 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 e-mail called 'invitation', even though  sent 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=2 0ther vital information is kept. 
 
SEND  THIS E-MAIL TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW!!!!!! 
 

[Welung666]

That's a hoax that has been floating around for 5 or 6 years now...

http://antivirus.about.com/od/emailhoaxes/a/osamahanged.htm

[splott]

That's a hoax that has been floating around for 5 or 6 years now...

http://antivirus.about.com/od/emailhoaxes/a/osamahanged.htm

Didn't know that, but I would rather warn you guys than not

[Welung666]

No harm done mate and fair play for trying to warn us all. I tend to google virus warnings now before I post anything

[Chris_H]

Virus warnings are often a much bigger pain than viruses.  I think I've only seen about two legitimate (??) viruses in my career (and I've been computing since the 1970s).  Warnings, especially telling me what to do? Dozens.