Black in the White House Virus Hoax!

[RRManiac]

Hey guys. I don't know how many of you have seen this, but I got an e-mail from my grandma that had URGENT!!!! PLEASE CIRCULATE!!!!!! written in the subject line. Here is the message I received:

THIS IS TRUE ACCORDING TO SNOPES.COM<http://snopes.com/>;

In the coming days, DO NOT open any message with an attachment called: Black 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 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.







I PERSONALLY LOOKED THIS UP IN SNOPES....IT'S TRUE SO BEWARE!!!! .

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Take heed..................................

My stepbrother who does IT work, sent me this message in reply denouncing it as a hoax, and also sent me a link to a website that explains it's being a hoax. Here is the message:

Please, before being misinformed by someone who may be on drugs or overly paranoid, please read the artivcle located at [url="http://www.hoax-slayer.com/black-in-white-house-virus-hoax.shtml"]http://www.hoax-slayer.com/black-in-white-house-virus-hoax.shtml[/url]
THIS IS FAKE. Listen, no matter what comes in the mail, please do not beleive it to be true. This email could have been the exact virus that it is describing.

My warning to you is: On the internet, you can trust no one.

Have a nice day!

I'm sure many of you know not to believe everything on the internet, but this is a definate hoax. Be careful.

[Brakie]

That is way it vital to keep your virus protection updated-mine updates several times a day..

On a sad note one of my favorite sites (CSX Archives) is now being caution as being infected with threats.

[nachoman]

That is way it vital to keep your virus protection updated-mine updates several times a day..

On a sad note one of my favorite sites (CSX Archives) is now being caution as being infected with threats.

My general rule is to never forward any chain letters, internet jokes, or ANY information that I am not certain its origin. My extended family has a habit of forwarding that stuff ad nauseum, many times they will send me that stuff thinking it is new, but I received a slightly different version ten years ago. I view it as some kid somewhere trying to make up a crazy something or another, and making a game of how many gullible people it can be forwarded to and how quickly the rumor spreads. I refuse to be part in their satisfaction. All of this stuff is the reason we have SPAM filters, and the reason SPAM filters get confused and sometimes junk a legitimate email. My filter treats anything with a subject beginning with FW: and from a name not in my address book as spam. If I lower the security, I get bombarded with the standard viagra ads and "help the guy in africa co-sign a check" scams. Chain emails and anything that says "forward to as many people..." are themselves viruses.

[FCIN]

This appears to be another of those junk email hoax messages:
http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/invitation.asp
But as Larry and Kevin both say - keep that anti-virus software up to date and don't forward this stuff, no matter who sent it to you - it only serves to perpetuate the hoax.

I know that because of my wife's in-home business and her receiving emails from her customers all the time - we get virus messages and scams sent to us all the time. Fortunately our ISP catches most of it and combined with our anti-virus software - we haven't been stung (yet!). Can't say the same for some of her friends whose computers have been infected over and over again.