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« on: December 08, 2007, 11:54:36 AM »



      VIRUS ALERT!!     http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/zafi.asp

      You should be alert during the next days:
      Do not open any message with an attached file called 'Merry Christmas'
      regardless of who sent it, It is a virus that opens as an Open Log
      Fire
      and will burn the whole hard disc in 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 'Merry Christmas', though sent by a
      friend, do
      not open it and shut down your computer immediately. This is the worst
      virus announced, 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.


           http://www.snopes.com/

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« Reply #1 on: December 08, 2007, 05:24:48 PM »

hooray for non windows OS.
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« Reply #2 on: December 09, 2007, 02:25:21 AM »

Smenkhare I just had another read, and I believe it is a Hoax!
can you check it please!
Don't know what some People get out of inventing things like it?

http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/virus.asp#invitation
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« Reply #3 on: December 09, 2007, 04:52:27 AM »

Perhaps this link explains it a little better.....

http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/invitation.asp

Still advise to scan attachments before opening.
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« Reply #4 on: December 09, 2007, 08:56:15 AM »

well your first link is real.
second is a hoax.

better safe than sorry as zero sector virus can permanently ruin your hard drive.
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