Virus warning....Or hoax???

[diabolical_Tanya]

WARNING!!!! NOT A JOKE



PLEASE : READ THIS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE (NO JOKE)



I checked with Norton Antivirus and they are gearing up for

this virus so I believe this is real. I checked snopes.com and

this is for real.



Get this sent around to your contacts ASAP...we don't need this

spreading around.



READ AS SOON AS POSSIBLE 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.

[LinSkinny]

Re: Virus warning....Or hoax???

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: TanyaTanya</div><div class="ubbcode-body">WARNING!!!! NOT A JOKE



PLEASE : READ THIS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE (NO JOKE)

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It has the format of a hoax. Unu should know by now to be careful wid' attachments anyways. [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif[/img] In the past, some of the major viruses have been known to use "Invitation" but they don't do what is described in the text. Anytime you get stuff like this, you can always go look at the announcement section of the major virus prevention manufacturs to get the daily scoop. The technology section of CNN is usually pretty good too. The best prevention is to learn all you can about the viruses and how they work.