PLEASE CIRCULATE THIS NOTICE TO YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY ON YOUR CONTACT LIST.
In the coming days, you should be aware…
Do not open any message with an attachment called:"Invitation FACEBOOK", regardless of who sent it.
It is a virus that opens an Olympic torch that burns the whole hard disc C of your computer. This virus will be received from someone you had in your address book.
That's why you should send this message to all your contacts. It is better to receive this email 25 times than to receive the virus and open it.
If you receive E-MAIL called: "Invitation FACEBOOK", though sent by a friend, do not open it and delete it immediately. CNN said it is a new virus discovered recently and that has been classified by Microsoft as the most destructive virus ever.
It is a Trojan Horse that asks you to install an adobe flash plug-in. Once you install it, it's all over. 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 of their function is saved.
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It's another hoax folks.
Olympic Torch is a computer virus hoax sent out by e-mail. The hoax e-mails first appeared in February 2006. The "virus" referred to by the e-mail does not actually exist. The only effect is that the warning email itself is widely circulated as a chain letter. The hoax e-mail warns recipients of a recent outbreak of Olympic Torch viruses, contained in e-mails titled "Invitation", which erase the hard disk of the user's computer when opened. The hoax email further purports the virus to be acknowledged by such reputable sources as CNN, McAfee, Microsoft and now Facebook as one of the most dangerous viruses yet reported. In reality, the Olympic Torch virus is non-existent, and generally has not been reported by the organizations quoted. A similar version of this hoax is the Postcard Image virus hoax which refers to another non existent virus known as POSTCARD. The Postcard variation has been in circulation at least since 2008[1]
Proposed damage by the virus was, to cause ones hard drive to spin so fast, it caught on fire. That was why they called it the "torch"
Anti-virus specialists agree that recipients should delete virus hoaxes when they receive them, instead of forwarding them.
Olympic Torch is a computer virus hoax sent out by e-mail. The hoax e-mails first appeared in February 2006. The "virus" referred to by the e-mail does not actually exist. The only effect is that the warning email itself is widely circulated as a chain letter. The hoax e-mail warns recipients of a recent outbreak of Olympic Torch viruses, contained in e-mails titled "Invitation", which erase the hard disk of the user's computer when opened. The hoax email further purports the virus to be acknowledged by such reputable sources as CNN, McAfee, Microsoft and now Facebook as one of the most dangerous viruses yet reported. In reality, the Olympic Torch virus is non-existent, and generally has not been reported by the organizations quoted. A similar version of this hoax is the Postcard Image virus hoax which refers to another non existent virus known as POSTCARD. The Postcard variation has been in circulation at least since 2008[1]
Proposed damage by the virus was, to cause ones hard drive to spin so fast, it caught on fire. That was why they called it the "torch"
Anti-virus specialists agree that recipients should delete virus hoaxes when they receive them, instead of forwarding them.
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Geoff. I thought it better to be safe, than sorry. 
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I wasn't criticising just informing. If you see this type of email you can usually type a key phrase into Google and find something out about it. In this case I used "Invitation Facebook" and Google suggested "Invitation Facebook hoax" and one of the links was what I quoted.
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Agreed - You might think you're helping others by forwarding such emails/messages, but it is strongly advised you DO NOT - and as Geoff suggests, take a moment to Google any unexpected email warnings from other users.
If you want to be safe than sorry in these circumstances - Don't forward the email.
No doubt during the lead up to the games, there will be several of these types of chain-emails - and many more scams.
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If you want to be safe than sorry in these circumstances - Don't forward the email.
No doubt during the lead up to the games, there will be several of these types of chain-emails - and many more scams.
KGAdmin