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Submitted by eregular on Wed, 02/27/2008 - 10:30pm.
PLEASE INFORM EVERYONE 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 .. Be considerate & send this warning to whomever you know. 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 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, 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. SEND THIS E-MAIL TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW
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HOAX

 A quick google of "bin laden virus" brings up a lot of pages describing the hoax.  The "olympic torch" hard drive destroying virus is false.  While bin laden pics as described have been used to distribute simple trojan horse virus', there is nothing to indicate anything in this message is grounded in reality.  

Why don't Linux users get this sort of email from each other? :-) 

http://www.hoax-slayer.com/invitation-bin-laden-virus-warning.html

http://www.hoax-slayer.com/bin-laden-captured.html

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

http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/hoaxes/hoaxDetails.asp?HName=Osama+Bin+Laden+Virus+Warning+Hoax 

 

"Safety is a tyrant's tool; no one can be against safety."--Unknown

 

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cause linux doesn't suck

no one can sue linux
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Because Linux has no market

Because Linux has no market and never will, that's why.  Why?  Because nobody cares to infect 10 computers worldwide! =)
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Oh I wasn't speaking of number of computers

 But rather why the users of those 10 computers never seem likely to send these sort of overblown hoaxes :-)

"Warning! Horrible George Bush Virus will destroy your kernel!  Do not click on...."  :-)  

I'll bet it's more than 10.  Gotta be at least like what, 12, 13?  :-p 

 

"Safety is a tyrant's tool; no one can be against safety."--Unknown

 

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I counted 22 where I'm

I counted 22 where I'm working this week so it's gotta be a few more.
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:-)

 See, there is almost enough now to justify a website or newsgroup or maybe even a book now...

 

"Safety is a tyrant's tool; no one can be against safety."--Unknown

 

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freedom doesn't need...

...a market. =)
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Another correct thinking individual I see :-)

 Liberate the PC's!  Viva la Penguin!  :-)

 

"Safety is a tyrant's tool; no one can be against safety."--Unknown

 

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Nelly Kroes

Maybe Ms. Kroes is looking to derail Microsoft by buying Microsoft.  In short order she'll have enough to do it!  I wonder if we'll pay...
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ubuntu is a great OS

I use it and some of the other "flavors. Its very user friendly and has access to thousands of free programs that will fill all the voids in your life. www.ubuntu.com check it
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Ubuntu pisses me off...

 To get it to do what I want Linux to do took too much tweaking.  It is designed to be so user friendly as to be annoying to someone who wants to get down inside the guts of Linux.  For instance everytime I installed Kubuntu, I had to go back and install the kernel source seperatly, etc....

I have used Red Hat and most recently Gentoo.  I like Gentoo.  It makes you work for your OS :-) 

 

"Safety is a tyrant's tool; no one can be against safety."--Unknown

 

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