new virus coming...........

magoogy

just received this from a mate;-



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 - delete it 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

tru

It's a hoax see here

mr_fishbulb

These things make me laugh.

A computer virus is (accoring to wikipedia) "a self-replicating/self-reproducing-automation program that spreads by inserting copies of itself into other executable code or documents."

These emails are, in a way, self-replicating becuase they encourage the receiver to send to all their friends. A computer virus doesn't have to have a destructive payload, just replicate.

People who send these are, in a sense, spreading viruses!