Internet Garbage
publication date: Jul 28, 2007
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author/source: Terry Robson Silver IT Club
I put verizon.net into Google and found that Verizon is an American broadband company. However, if I put the email address of the letter into Google I get only one result - a site with thousands of email addresses from so called opt in subscribers, but strangest of all the actual site is called www.spices-and-seasonings.com/. By this time I was both suspicious and bored. I deleted without opening.
In my Hotmail Inbox I got the following.
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 yesterday, 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 ,
COPY THIS E-MAIL AND SEND! IT TO YOUR FRIENDS
AND REMEMBER: IF YOU SEND IT TO THEM, YOU WILL BENEFIT ALL OF US
I went back to Google and entered the term Invitation Virus Hoax (I had a hunch it was bogus). The first site didn't work but the second took me to and a full description of the hoax (Click About.com to visit the site) . These things are just a waste of time and money.