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Subject: OT: Most destructive PC Virus ever
Posted by: deejay
- Sustainer [501182710] Wed, Nov 21, 2007, 16:20
Not sure if you're aware of his, but anyway...Just a heads up Guys&Girls:
Please read the attached warning issued today .
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.
FORWARD THIS E-MAIL TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW . . . REMEMBER: IF YOU SEND IT TO THEM, YOU WILL BENEFIT ALL OF US.
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| 1 | Tosh
Leader
ID: 057721710
Wed, Nov 21, 2007, 16:35
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That's an old hoax. From Feb. 2006
Olympic Torch (virus hoax)
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Olympic Torch is a computer virus hoax sent out by e-mail. The hoax e-mails first appeared in February 2006. The "virus" referred to by the e-mail does not actually exist. The hoax e-mail warns recipients of a recent outbreak of "Olympic Torch" viruses, contained in e-mails titled "Invitation", which erase the hard disk of the user's computer when opened. The hoax email further purports the virus to be acknowledged by such reputable sources as CNN, McAfee and Microsoft as one of the most dangerous viruses yet reported. In reality, the "Olympic Torch" virus is non-existent, and generally has not been reported by the organizations quoted.
[edit] Contents of a typical hoax email
A typical e-mail will contain text similar to the following:
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
wikipedia
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| 2 | Philsphan
ID: 2579209
Wed, Nov 21, 2007, 16:35
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Possibly a hoax?
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| 3 | qwert
Donor
ID: 2910242819
Wed, Nov 21, 2007, 16:40
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nevertheless...good looking out deejay
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| 4 | blue hen
ID: 16322314
Wed, Nov 21, 2007, 16:41
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Snopes.com should be your first web site for stuff like this.
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| 5 | weykool
ID: 2842717
Wed, Nov 21, 2007, 16:42
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DJ is just practicing up for his day after 3/31/08 pranks.
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| 6 | deejay
Sustainer
ID: 501182710
Wed, Nov 21, 2007, 16:50
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Actually I got it today, but in Spanish, so had no clue it was that old.
Yeah yeah, start the jokes in Spain everything goes a bit slower :)))
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