For the record:
Both my post had only one or the other introduction from me.
Just in case, plus I trust the source of this warning.
..made in america
and
Just in case.
...made in america
And, I have requested that in future such info. be personally verified by the
sender, or noted that it has not been confirmed. Such a notice puts the
monkey of accountability and verification on my back.
And, I still maintain at the end of the day, better safe then sorry.
made in america
--- On Wed, 5/28/08, Terry Goodman <tgoodman@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Terry Goodman <tgoodman@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [friends_of_kpft] Re: Fw: Very URGENT!!!
To: friends_of_kpft@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wednesday, May 28, 2008, 11:23
AM
On 27 May 2008, Emmett Abati Doe forwarded:
>I just verified this with Snopes
<snip>
It is verified by Snopes as a HOAX.
Ref: http://www.snopes. com/computer/ virus/invitation .asp
>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!
These attachments were easily-detected trojans which did not crash the
infected computers.
Ref: http://www.snopes. com/computer/ virus/osama. asp
<snip>
>Be considerate; send this warning to whomever you know.
Be considerate - never mass-forward any messages that request such
forwarding.
<snip>
>This virus simply destroys the Zero Sector of the Hard Disc, where the
vital
>information is kept.
The boot sector is vital and some viruses attack it, but hoaxes do
not. Viruses generally do not immediately attack the boot sector,
because a non-booting computer is unable to further distribute the
virus. There have been "time-bomb" viruses that schedule a future
attack on the boot sector or file system, and there are boot-sector
viruses that auto-load and do continuing data damage in the background
while a computer appears to be working normally.
>It is a virus that opens an Olympic Torch which "burns" the whole hard
>disc C of your computer.
A virus cannot "burn" a hard disk. If only the boot sector is
overwritten, the file data is normally recoverable. The above is
classic hoax text.
Ref: http://www.snopes. com/computer/ virus/invitation .asp
For futher info, the Snopes list of virus realities and hoaxes is
here:
http://www.snopes. com/computer/ virus/virus. asp
Mail users who receive their messages via a locally-installed email
client in plain text are safe from email infection unless they open a
malware attachment. Mail users who receive messages in HTML format or
use a mail client that automatically launches attachments are much
less safe. Mail users who read email via a web interface provided by
a major online service are fairly safe and can expect to be notified
by the service provider if the service's well-protected web interface
is somehow hacked, made malicious, and then taken offline for repair.
Major service provider hacks are rare and rapidly discovered because
all have competent administrators and include well-protected
sophisticated users, but even a short-duration incident at a major
provider site could impact hundreds or thousands of users.
--Terry Goodman