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Paul
I got this on email today

can anyone spot the irony?


(other than it being one of those stupid mass warnings which have no substance)



QUOTE


READ IMMEDIATELY PLS

Get this sent around to your contacts ASAP...we don't need this
spreading around.

> 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

Internal Virus Database is out-of-date.
Checked by AVG Free Edition.
Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.13.11 - Release Date: 10/23/2006
RustPuppet
Haha, thanks Gmail tongue.gif

And wtf is a 'zero sector?' Dummies.
Valheru
QUOTE(RustPuppet @ Sep 10 2007, 02:56 PM) *
Haha, thanks Gmail tongue.gif

And wtf is a 'zero sector?' Dummies.

The one with the zeroes innit?
Paul
QUOTE(Valheru @ Sep 10 2007, 02:59 PM) *
QUOTE(RustPuppet @ Sep 10 2007, 02:56 PM) *
Haha, thanks Gmail tongue.gif

And wtf is a 'zero sector?' Dummies.

The one with the zeroes innit?


Yep and all the "Ones" are stored on another sector

Pisces797
And they want you to flood everyone else's email accounts with this stupid spam just so they can get everyone else's email addresses and send the virus themselves.
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