I received an email today with a PDF document attached. I looks odd so I
checked on line and realized that there is a virus designed to attack
PDF documents. Simply opening the PDF document will infect your system.
The email I received was not detected by the security measures at gmail
so be really careful.
You may want to be careful when receiving email with PDF document
attached, especially if you are not expecting one.
Hope this tip helps.
Henry Knee
Does it work on Linux also?
Paul Lamar
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This virus is in circulation with us in South Africa
VERY URGENT!!! PLEASE CIRCULATE to your friends, family and contacts.
In the coming days, DO NOT open any message with an attachment called:
BLACK MUSLIM IN THE WHITE HOUSE ,regardless of who sent it to you. It is
a virus that opens an Olympics torch that burns the whole hard disk C of
your computer. This virus comes from a known person who you have in your
list. Directions: You should send this message to all of your contacts.
It is better to receive this e-mail 25 times than to receive the virus
and open it. If you receive a message called BLACK MUSLIM IN THE WHITE
HOUSE even if sent by a friend, do not open, and shut down your machine
immediately. It is the worst virus announced by CNN. This new virus has
been discovered recently it has been classified by Microsoft as the
virus most destructive ever. This virus was discovered yesterday
afternoon by McAfee.. There is no repair yet for this kind of virus.
This virus simply destroys the Zero Sector of the hard disk, where vital
information function is stored.
Le Roux Breytenbach
Terason (Pty) Ltd - Rawsonville
http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/whitehouse.asp
Always be wary of virus alerts. This one has been around for a long
while. I recognized this immediately as untrue.
Tom
Here is another link debunking this hoax:
http://www.hoax-slayer.com/olympic-torch-virus-hoax.html
Notice this is an e-mail circulating in South Africa - not the US.
Norm
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