OT - Just got this in my email (from someone I know)

Don't know if it's true or not... but I thought I'd pass it on just to be on
the safe side.

Gemini

Subject: Fw: IMPORTANT WARNING


For Your Information:


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.

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 ALL OF US.

MRH wrote:

Don't know if it's true or not... but I thought I'd pass it on just to be on
the safe side.

Gemini

Hi Gem!

Luckily enogh it's a hoax :-)

http://urbanlegends.about.com/librar...orch_virus.htm

Hugs,

Anna Maria

On Fri, 24 Feb 2006 16:31:35 -0500, "MRH"
mthecarpenterATxcelcoDOTonDOTca wrote:

Subject: Fw: IMPORTANT WARNING
For Your Information:
Please read the attached warning issued
today.
PLEASE FORWARD THIS WARNING AMONG
FRIENDS, FAMILY AND
CONTACTS:

Anything that says "Please forward this to everyone you know" is a
hoax. If everybody followed that advice, it would be worse than a
virus because it would swamp every mail server in the world.

How many people do you have in your email address book? Suppose you
got this warning from every one of them? Multiply that by all the
email addresses in the world and you'll see what it could cause.

People who tell you to forward things to everybody you know, and to
tell them to also pass it on, are usually up to no good.





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 ALL OF US.


--
Barbara Vaughan

My email address is my first initial followed by my last name at libero dot it.

Thank you for the heads-up on this Barbara. Actually the lady who sent it
to me was very likely fooled by whoever sent it to her... she isn't the type
to be up to no good like that. Like I said, I wasn't sure if it was real or
not, which is why I posted it in the newsgroup for everyone to look at
here... I figured someone would know if it was real or not.

Gemini

"B Vaughan" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 24 Feb 2006 16:31:35 -0500, "MRH"
mthecarpenterATxcelcoDOTonDOTca wrote:

Subject: Fw: IMPORTANT WARNING
For Your Information:
Please read the attached warning issued
today.
PLEASE FORWARD THIS WARNING AMONG
FRIENDS, FAMILY AND
CONTACTS:

Anything that says "Please forward this to everyone you know" is a
hoax. If everybody followed that advice, it would be worse than a
virus because it would swamp every mail server in the world.

How many people do you have in your email address book? Suppose you
got this warning from every one of them? Multiply that by all the
email addresses in the world and you'll see what it could cause.

People who tell you to forward things to everybody you know, and to
tell them to also pass it on, are usually up to no good.





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 ALL OF US.


--
Barbara Vaughan

My email address is my first initial followed by my last name at libero
dot it.

Thank you, Anna Maria! I will add that urbanlegends site to my favorites so
I can check on things from now on. ;o)

*hugs*
Gem

"Anna MCM" wrote in message
news:tgLLf.5737$zc1.1206@amstwist00...


MRH wrote:

Don't know if it's true or not... but I thought I'd pass it on just to be
on the safe side.

Gemini

Hi Gem!

Luckily enogh it's a hoax :-)

http://urbanlegends.about.com/librar...orch_virus.htm

Hugs,

Anna Maria

"MRH" mthecarpenterATxcelcoDOTonDOTca wrote in message
...
Thank you for the heads-up on this Barbara. Actually the lady who sent it
to me was very likely fooled by whoever sent it to her... she isn't the
type
to be up to no good like that. Like I said, I wasn't sure if it was real
or
not, which is why I posted it in the newsgroup for everyone to look at
here... I figured someone would know if it was real or not.

Gemini

As long as you have an up-to-date virus checker... you shouldn't concern
yourself, and always always ignore those forwarded e-mails. They're pretty
much always bogus.

Shelagh

Thank you Gemini - as Anna maria said " luckily it is a hoax" however my
golden rule is that I never open anything from any one if I do not know
them, or if I feell the subject line does not reflect the person sending
it.. Maybe I miss an e mail or two - though I have never noticed - but that
is just too bad. God Bless Gwen


"MRH" mthecarpenterATxcelcoDOTonDOTca wrote in message
...
Don't know if it's true or not... but I thought I'd pass it on just to be
on the safe side.

Gemini

Subject: Fw: IMPORTANT WARNING


For Your Information:


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.

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 ALL OF US.

The "please forward" and "let's see how many friends you have" emails
are started to grab email addresses as they are forwarded. No matter
how nice or well meaning the email sounds, the original intent is to
get as many addresses as possible for the spammers. Passing them
along plays right into their hands.
If a message is one you feel compelled to send on, send it to one
person at a time, or use BCC (blind carbon copy) if you want to avoid
falling into the trap.

BB

On Sat, 25 Feb 2006 11:29:25 -0500, "MRH"
mthecarpenterATxcelcoDOTonDOTca wrote:

Thank you for the heads-up on this Barbara. Actually the lady who sent it
to me was very likely fooled by whoever sent it to her... she isn't the type
to be up to no good like that.

I didn't mean to imply that the person who sent it to you was up to no
good. I meant that the person who first started the hoax on its merry
way, hoping that everybody would send it to everybody they know.

My daughter's sister-in-law often sends me these pass-it-on virus
warnings, and she really sends them to everybody in her address book.
Funny she didn't send me this one. Maybe she hasn't read her email in
a while.

--
Barbara Vaughan

My email address is my first initial followed by my last name at libero dot it.

On 25 Feb 2006 14:42:12 -0800, wrote:

The "please forward" and "let's see how many friends you have" emails
are started to grab email addresses as they are forwarded. No matter
how nice or well meaning the email sounds, the original intent is to
get as many addresses as possible for the spammers. Passing them
along plays right into their hands.

Actually I don't see how they could use this kind of chain email to
capture email addresses, because there's no copy going back to the
originators. Web pages that ask you to forward themselves to lots of
people may be trying to capture email addresses, though.

--
Barbara Vaughan

My email address is my first initial followed by my last name at libero dot it.