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Warning: Osama Virus

This is no joke. It's been checked out on snopes.com. Thanks to John Harris for sending this warning...


At last we have a virus/Trojan-horse warning that is REAL according to snopes.com and MaAfee Security.
Mon, 11 Jul 2005 12:37:44 -0700

From: Richard Bradshaw " href="mailto:rlb@us.ibm.com%3e" target=_blank>

Warning
Emails with pictures of Osama Bin-Laden hanged are being sent and the moment that you open these emails your computer will crash and you will not be able to fix it! This e-mail is being distributed through countries around the globe, but mainly in the US and Israel.Confirmed at:
http://mail.cumulus9.net:8100/Redirect/www.snopescom
/computer/virus/osama.asphttp://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/osama.asp

Origins: There are few headlines that would grab the attention of more computer users around the world than "Osama bin Laden Captured," and that's exactly what whoever created this lure was counting on to snare unsuspecting victims who use Microsoft platforms.

"Osama bin Laden Captured" isn't a virus in itself; it's the text of a message that includes a link to a file called EXPLOIT.EXE. When a message recipient clicks on this link to view what he thinks are pictures of Osama bin Laden's capture, he can end up downloading an executable Trojan known as Backdoor-AZU, BKDR_LARSLP.A, Download.Trojan, TrojanProxy.Win32.Small.b,or Win32.Slarp.<>Clicking the embedded link in the "Osama bin Laden Captured" message auto-executes a file called "EXPLOIT.EXE," which exploits a known security hole to download the Trojan.





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