A memo from Pan Am

Pro Member Captain
PanAmerican Captain

Received this from a friend. Copy & Paste the following message into an e-mail, and send to every person in your address book:

> Subject: FW: Please Read and Send Out ASAP
>
> >Thought I'd pass this on just in case it has some validity.
> >
> >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!
> >
> >This e-mail is being distributed through countries around the
>globe,
> >but mainly in the US and Israel.
> >
> >Don't be inconsiderate; send this warning to whomever you
know.
> >
> >If you get an email along the lines of "Osama Bin Laden
Captured"
>or
> >"Osama Hanged" don't open the attachment.
> >
> >
> >2. Please read the attached warning issued today.
> >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 filed 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, & gt; where
the
>vital
> >information is kept.
> >
> >SEND THIS E-MAIL TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW, COPY THIS E-MAIL AND
SEND IT
>TO
> >YOUR FRIENDS AND REMEMBER: IF YOU SEND IT TO THEM, YOU WILL
>BENEFIT ALL OF
> US.
> >
> >No virus found in this incoming message.
> >Checked by AVG Free Edition.
> >Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.7.4/351 - Release Date:
> >29/05/2006
> >

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Pro Member Chief Captain
RadarMan Chief Captain

Thank you for the warning I will forward it to my friends and family.

Personally I don't open attachments from anyone I don't know is planing on sending to me. There is usually text that is familiar not "computer generated" in it.
Radar

Pro Member Chief Captain
CRJCapt Chief Captain

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Pro Member First Officer
PH First Officer

I receive something similar or the same the other day. It claimed to be from CNN and stated something like...."this is not known yet but we are letting you know blah blah...see attachment"! So I am thinking yeah CNN are really going to let me know first! I guess someone fell for it! Bit like the emails I get telling me I can have a share of 30m USD because it is stuck in an account in Nigeria and a foreigner is needed to assist in getting it moved.

Pro Member First Officer
Faucett First Officer

Thanks for the heads-up gents 😉

Guest

Thanks for the memo. 🙂
But this e-mail its self is a little odd. I got an e-mail about a month or two ago that was exactly the same from the part that says, "PLEASE FORWARD THIS WARNING AMONG FRIENDS, FAMILY AND
CONTACTS: ; ", and down.
Also, why would we need to turn our computers off, if we see this e-mail? It can't to anything to our computers if we don't open the attachment.
But still, thanks for the info, just letting ya'll know that it may not be incredibly valid.

Pro Member Trainee
BoeingFanatic Trainee

This virus was actually found in the year of 2004.

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