I just got this email from a family member, and i cant tell if this is b.s. or not. ANYONE heard anything about this?


> BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY. READ AND HEED.
> This has been verified with-
> Snopes and it is REAL.
> PLEASE INFORM EVERYONE
> 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!
> If you get an email 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:
> You should be alert during the next 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 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 KNOWwhat antivirus do you have and does it have a email scanner??

and have you contacted this family member to see if they sent it to you and if they had have any problems with the pics??From Snopes website, originally posted in 2004:

http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/osama.asp


Here are some other similar stories from Google 5 minutes ago:

http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_osama_virus.htm

http://www.hoax-slayer.com/bin-laden-captured.html

http://www.joewein.net/hoax/hoax-osama-virus.htm


(NOTE: The example letter at the bottom of this page should sound vaguely familiar to you.)


Here's something from Trend Micro in 2006

http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/hoaxes/hoaxDetails.asp?HName=Osama+Bin+Laden+Virus+Warning+Hoax


so there might be a virus attached to the e-mail warning me about viruses from emails? *censored* i HATE computers.

so i guess its a good thing i opened it from my work computer.not reallyQuote from: Medman on April 11, 2007, 10:57:40 PM

so there might be a virus attached to the e-mail warning me about viruses from emails? d**n i hate computers.

so i guess its a good thing i opened it from my work computer.