[PAA-Discuss] FW: URGENT - NO (Osama bin Laden virus)

[rscott77092 at oplink.net]

...and remove all those unneccessary empty lines, as well.





> Rick, I appreciate your concern, but suggest you check with snopes.com
> yourself before forwarding messages from people who supposedly checked
> with snopes on possible hoaxes.
>
> For this one, see http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/osama.asp
>
> Snopes says this one is "Real, but outdated."  It originated in 2004 and
> the snopes article was updated in 2006 saying both of the trojan threats
> are easily detected and removed with updated virus protection software.
> So any virus software you've obtained since then should keep this from
> being a problem.  This warning has been cruising the Internet since 2004.
>
> As a general rule, NEVER forward to everyone a message that says "send to
> everyone you know" -- especially not without checking with snopes.com
> first to see if it's a real threat.
>
> Bill
>
>
> At 5:02 PM +0000 3/10/08, Rick _lux wrote:
>>From: fspindle at hughes.net
>>To: wynjoy1 at juno.com
>>Subject: FW: URGENT
>>Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:28:46 -0500
>>
>>
>>Hi all-
>>
>>Better to err on the side of caution!!!!
>>
>>Forrest
>>