[blindlaw] Olympic Torch

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 --> Invitation/Olympic Torch Virus 

Invitation/Olympic Torch Virus

Virus:   Invitation (aka Olympic Torch) 

Status:   Hoax. 

Example:   [Collected via e-mail, 2006] 

WARNING 

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 
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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 
Origins:   The classics never go away, it seems, so just in time for the 2006 Winter Olympics someone has dusted off an old virus warning hoax (most commonly
seen in its incarnation as the "[Virtual] 
Card
 for You" hoax) and reintroduced it as an "Olympic Torch" virus warning (also known as the "Invitation virus"). 

The bottom line is that this same basic hoax has been circulating in various languages since at least 2000, with occasional changes along the way. No such
(incurable) virus exists, has been identified by McAfee, or was reported on by CNN. 

Additional information: 
W32/MyWife.d at MM!M24   
A Virtual Card for You Hoax 
(McAfee)
Last updated:   1 August 2007 

The URL for this page is http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/invitation.asp

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Invitation/Olympic Torch Virus
 
Virus:   Invitation (aka Olympic Torch)
 
Status:   Hoax.
 
Example:   [Collected via e-mail, 2006]
 
WARNING
 
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
Flash movie start
The new
GET FASTACCESS® DSLLITE FROM ATT
$
19
95
$75 cash back on
 
select speeds with
 
qualifying services.
/mo
FREE DSL modem after rebate.
17
Flash movie end
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
Origins:   The classics never go away, it seems, so just in time for the 2006 Winter Olympics someone has dusted off an old virus warning hoax (most commonly
seen in its incarnation as the "[Virtual]
Card
 for You" hoax) and reintroduced it as an "Olympic Torch" virus warning (also known as the "Invitation virus").
 
The bottom line is that this same basic hoax has been circulating in various languages since at least 2000, with occasional changes along the way. No such
(incurable) virus exists, has been identified by McAfee, or was reported on by CNN.
 
Additional information:
mailto:W32/MyWife.d at MM!M24 W32/MyWife.d at MM!M24
  
A Virtual Card for You Hoax
(McAfee)
Last updated:   1 August 2007
 
The URL for this page is http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/invitation.asp http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/invitation.asp
 
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