geordie mandy

i just thought i would let you people know about a virus my hubby has come across at work. He has just phoned me to warn me about it.

They come to your email , one says invitation and if you click it it has a torch on it and it burns everything on your hard drive.
The other one is about bin laden being hanged or something similar.
Again it burns your hard drive.
apparently mcaffie detects it.

i hope no one gets any bother from it.
Mandy

wmoore

Hoax: http://www.sophos.com/security/hoaxes/olympic.html

geordie mandy

So it is a hoax then. I shall let hubby know.
oh well just trying to help.
Mandy

iPom

Well it is and it isn't... the virus is that you end up emailing all your friends and they email all their friends and it all slows the internet down...

wmoore

What iPom said. The trouble is that well-meaning people send out these warnings, clogging up inboxes and confusing people. Don't worry, you're certainly not alone in being taken in my these things.

For anyone who receives a notice like this and isn't sure, take a look at http://www.sophos.com/security/hoaxes/