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The "Invitation Virus" - What do you think??
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The "Invitation Virus" - What do you think??
I received this message from one of my nice friends, informing me of this "Invitation" virus... Do you believe this is true??

This is the email i received (in the font and size it was in etc...):

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
#2 - Vain
No. Hoax.

Vain
lol whoever sent that email makes it sound like were going into a war
Quote from Vain :No. Hoax.

Vain

Well, then maybe make this a sticky to let everybody know (if they don't already know from another thread)!!
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Quote from Vendetta :lol whoever sent that email makes it sound like were going into a war

Lol... Each to their own... But, wouldn't you feel like going into war if you found out that all your LFS files including skins, setups and layouts disappeared??
Maybe you could make the text larger...............

Dan,
Quote from danowat :Maybe you could make the text larger...............

Dan,

I don't know how to react to your message lol... I don't mean to be rude if your not, but are you being sarcastic?? Or are you serious... and what text should i make larger if you're not being sarcastic??
haha, i think he's bein sarcastic :P
It looks like a very typical hoax. If this e-mail will get popular, this virus will still be detected yesterday in 4 years. It's like that girl that's 8 since 1991. I never forward this kind of message, or like "omg msn is stopping, forward this to 15 people and your msn will be saved". OK, msn is stopping now, they are just changing the name to "microsoft messenger Live", they even tell you in those mails to go see on the website, and on the website you immediately see they're just changing the name and program

I hate this kinda stuff, it's just to get hotmail server and such down, by overload.
Alright... Can a mod close this thread please... There's nothing more to discuss!!

Thanks.
So you get an email telling you not to open an email with an attachment, and you wonder wherther you should heed the advise?
Maybe before you spread this knee-jerk panic any further, ask yourself if this is such a massive virus as allegedly announced by CNN, why is there no record of it to be found on CNN's news site?
rofl, i dont think your scaring anyone spsamsp..

its kinda.. known to not open attachments in your email unless they are sent from someone you know that.. told you to open

also.. its kinda dumb to open junk mail in first place

but uh.. can you make text a tad larger so i can see only 1 word at a time on scree?
Any email that asks me to forward it, get's deleted. The olympic torch burns my C drive? lol, taking advantage of all the PC idiots in the world
I've seen some hoaxes over the years, but that olympic torch is a classic! Not one normally to be paranoid, I'm gonna check inside my box.. what happens if I have a short and it sparks the torch!?

99% of viruses (worms actually) these days are faaaaaaar more discreet than they were in the 90s (when this sort of hoax was rife) and now open ports and / or uses your saved e-mail account username / passwd for your ISP to enable spam to be sent upstream (much harder for mail admins to filter). It's all about spam now.. all the old skool VXers have moved on.. many of them now in Unix administration / security but it's a professional business.. spammers pay large sums for worms to be written.

Anything that says "sent to all / everyone......" should be sent to Dave Null and forgotten about



Regards,

Ian
ROFL

Just block ALL hotmail accounts ==> no more chain bullshit
whats With All The Big Writing???
Was discovered yesterday? But i got the email warning me about 2 months ago *hides from even nasty spam amil under desk*
HAHAHA
Off Topic: After reading about the virus all the text is so small. What can I do to come back to reality? lol
I don't know, the text is too small for me to read.

Seriously, there is nothing recent in the wild above threat level 2. An effective zero sector threat would rate significantly higher. I intend to panic anyway though.
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/global/vinfodb.html
Anyone with the slightest bit of common sense will not open unknown attachments even if they are from relatives/friends, not atleast before asking them directly what and why did they send something. Email sucks for file transferring anyway.
Easy! I'll look at any attachment.. and have plenty of common sense. That's just FUD and an issue arisen from the people who use m$ products



Regards,

Ian
good god rabidmaddog.. why did you &^(*%$#@ quote him!
Quote from Bob Smith :Any email that asks me to forward it, get's deleted. The olympic torch burns my C drive? lol, taking advantage of all the PC idiots in the world

Exactly, just another chain email, ignore it
Quote from Becky Rose :So you get an email telling you not to open an email with an attachment, and you wonder wherther you should heed the advise?

No, i haven't received the e-mail and probably never will but i was just asking if this is a hoax or not...
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