Re: beware of this computer virus not a scam

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Read carefully, this is a hoax. Snopes says it is a hoax.

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> true - checked with snopes - click on link and read interesting

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> Fw: Microsoft announces destructive virus

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> http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/zafi.asp

> VIRUS ALERT!!

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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 'Merry

Christmas'

> regardless of who sent it, It is a virus that opens as an Open Log

Fire and

> will burn the whole hard disc in your computer.

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> 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.

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> If you receive a mail called 'Merry Christmas', though sent by a

friend, do

> not open it and shut down your computer immediately. This is the

worst

> virus announced, it has been classified by Microsoft as the most

> destructive virus ever.

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> 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

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> This is a real virus. The holidays are approaching and we'll be

sending

> around cards and festive email to each other. Be aware of what you

open. If

> I don't get an email from you telling me that you sent me an e-

card..... I

> won't get your e-card either!

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