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UK General Cleaning Forum => General Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Eureka Ventures on July 18, 2006, 09:26:19 pm

Title: VIRUS WARNING
Post by: Eureka Ventures on July 18, 2006, 09:26:19 pm

Just received this warning:

Any Email headed 'Bin Laden captured/dead/hanged' will, if opened, ruin your C drive for good!

Freddie

Title: Re: VIRUS WARNING
Post by: BSFilter on July 18, 2006, 09:40:34 pm

These are just hoaxes, see below.

http://uk.trendmicro-europe.com/enterprise/vinfo/hoaxes.php?vHoax=1821

http://uk.trendmicro-europe.com/enterprise/vinfo/hoaxes.php?vHoax=1829

please delete your post!

regards

BSF

Title: Re: VIRUS WARNING
Post by: BSFilter on July 18, 2006, 11:11:19 pm

Quote from: Eureka Ventures on July 18, 2006, 09:26:19 pm

Just received this warning:

Any Email headed 'Bin Laden captured/dead/hanged' will, if opened, ruin your C drive for good!

Freddie

Freddie, up to now youve ignored my reply.... please click on this link

http://vil.mcafee.com/hoax.asp

it states in plain english why hoaxes are a pain in the backside for some people.

when you understand you might then take my advice and delete your post.

BSF

Title: Re: VIRUS WARNING
Post by: Eureka Ventures on July 19, 2006, 04:00:49 pm

BSF

Thanks for the McAfee link. Being a name I recognised I clicked on it.

I'm sure there are plenty, like me, who act on these virus warnings - hoax or not - by deleting anything we don't recognise because we simply didn't know how to check them out. Your reply and link will be of help to others as it was to me.

For that reason I think the post should remain, unless of course the Moderators think otherwise.

Cheers

Freddie

Title: Re: VIRUS WARNING
Post by: BSFilter on July 19, 2006, 10:54:02 pm

Quote from: Eureka Ventures on July 19, 2006, 04:00:49 pm

BSF

Thanks for the McAfee link. Being a name I recognised I clicked on it.

I'm sure there are plenty, like me, who act on these virus warnings - hoax or not - by deleting anything we don't recognise because we simply didn't know how to check them out. Your reply and link will be of help to others as it was to me.

For that reason I think the post should remain, unless of course the Moderators think otherwise.

Cheers

Freddie

Yea I think it will help others, it should be left on

Regards

BSF