While there is a virus that uses email with subjects like "Osama has  
been  captured" ,
it is not a serious threat.  Anyone with updated antivirus and safe  
computing habits,
like not opening unexpected attachments, should be safe.


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


If you have any similar questions/bulletins, please forward them to  
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not to UTCSTAFF.


mjw



On Jan 16, 2007, at 9:00 AM, Karen Drake wrote:

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> From: Poinson, Beverly J [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 8:27 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]; Karen Drake; [log in to unmask];
> [log in to unmask]; Sharron Langford; [log in to unmask];
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> Subject: FW: Urgent
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> From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 9:23 AM
> To: Carolyn White; Deirdre Stevenson; Elayne Parker; Louise Jones
> Subject: FW: Urgent
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> 	-------------- Forwarded Message: --------------
> 	From: [log in to unmask]
> 	To: [log in to unmask]
> 	Subject: Urgent
> 	Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2007 12:39:52 +0000
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> 	URGENT !!)
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> 	BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY. READ AND HEED.
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> 	This has been verified with Snopes and it is REAL.
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> 	PLEASE INFORM EVERYONE
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> 	Emails with pictures of Osama Bin-Laden hanged are being sent
> and the
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> 	moment that you open these emails your computer will crash and
> you will
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> 	not be able to fix it!
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> 	If you get an email along the lines of "Osama Bin Laden
> Captured"
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> 	or "Osama Hanged" don't open the attachment.
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> 	This e-mail is being distributed through countries around the
> globe, but
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> 	mainly in the US and Israel
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> 	Be considerate & send this warning to whomever you know.
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> 	PLEASE FORWARD THIS WARNING AMONG FRIENDS, FAMILY AND CONTACTS:
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> 	You should be alert during the next days:
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> 	Do not open any message with an attached file called
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> 	"Invitation" regardless of who sent it.
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> 	It is a virus that opens an Olympic Torch which "burns" the
> whole hard
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> 	disc C of your computer.
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> 	This virus will be received from someone who has your e-mail
> address in
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> 	his/her contact list, that is why you should send this e-mail to
> all
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> 	your contacts.
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> 	It is better to receive this message 25 times than to receive
> the virus
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> 	and open it.
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> 	If you receive a mail called "invitation", though sent by a
> friend, do
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> 	not open it and shut down your computer immediately.
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> 	This is the worst virus announced by CNN, it has been classified
> by
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> 	Microsoft as the most destructive virus ever.
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> 	This virus was discovered by McAfee yesterday, and there is no
> repair
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> 	yet for this kind of virus.
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> 	This virus simply destroys the Zero Sector of the Hard Disc,
> where the
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> 	vital information is kept.
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> 	SEND THIS E-MAIL TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW
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