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BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY. READ AND HEED.



I just verified this 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 KNOW

From snopes.com today...


Home --> Computers --> Virus Hoaxes & Realities --> Osama Captured/Hanged

Osama Captured/Hanged

Virus: "Osama bin Laden Captured" and "Osama bin Laden Hanged"

Status: Real, but outdated.

Examples:

[Collected on the Internet, 2004]

Hey, Just got this from CNN, Osama Bin Laden has been captured! A video and some pictures have been released. Go to the link below for pictures, I will update the page with the video as soon as I can.


[Collected on the Internet, 2004]

Osama Found Hanged

Osama Bin Ladin was found hanged by two CNN journalists early Wedensday evening.

As evidence they took several photos, some of which i have included here.

As yet, this information has not hit the headlines due to Bush wanting confirmation of his identity but the journalists have released some early photos over the internet..

http://24.13.130.125:89/OsamaFoundDead.zip


[Collected on the Internet, 2005]

Turn on your TV.
Osama Bin Laden has been captured.

While CNN has no pictures at this point of time, the military channel (PPV) released some pictures.
I managed to capture a couple of these pictures off my TV.
Ive attached a slideshow containing all the pictures I managed to capture.
I apologize for the low quality, its the best I could do at this point of time.
Hopefully CNN will have pictures and a video soon.

God bless the USA!

Variations: In mid-2006 the "Osama" virus warnings were combined with the text of the (hoax) "Invitation" virus warning.

Origins: There
are few headlines that would grab the attention of more computer users around the world than news of Osama bin Laden's having been captured or killed, so that's exactly the bait pranksters have used more than once in attempting to lure unsuspecting victims users of Microsoft Windows platforms into installing malicious code onto their computers.

In July 2004 a message claiming to offer links to photographs of Osama Bin Laden's suicide was spammed to multiple newsgroups. The links actually tricked users into opening a file that installed the Backdoor.Hacarmy.D trojan horse.

In June 2005, similarly-themed e-mail message claimed to offer images of the capture and arrest of Osama bin Laden scanned from news videos and collected in an attached ZIP file, but the attachment actually harbored a version of the Psyme Trojan.

Both trojans were easily detected and removed with updated virus protection software, and neither Osama message is circulating widely or poses much of a threat to PC users any more.

Last updated: 1 August 2006

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Sources Sources:

BBC News. "Bin Laden 'Suicide' Virus on Net."
24 July 2004.

BBC News. "Fake Bin Laden E-Mail Hides Virus."
3 June 2005.