>
>This has been verified with Snopes
>
>and it is real.
>

(1) 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.
>
>PLEASE FORWARD THIS WARNING AMONG
>
>FRIENDS, FAMILY AND CONTACTS.
>

(2) Next, you should be on the alert during the next
>
>few 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.
>

thanks for the warning, futari. but somehow i wish the virus is ur post come attack my pc, then i could have adequate grounds to buy a new one and kick out this broken shit.

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

The two links will tell you the veracity of Futari's quotes.

Tim

Congratulations!
Tim, you came first in not swallowing my "bait" hook, line, and sinker.

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Well Rony, that had once been my lame excuse, too.

Please don't feel being tricked. (I did mention the word "Snopes", right?) Anyway, precaution is, forever, better than cure, and one has to be on the alert always, especially when surfing the hoax-filled internet.

Regards.

I bought a Macintosh four years ago, and I've been ignoring virus warnings since then. What a blessing!