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Osama Hanged
- Type
- Hoax
- SubType
- -
- Discovery Date
- 09/26/2006
- Length
- Minimum DAT
- N/A ( )
- Updated DAT
- N/A ( )
- Minimum Engine
- N/A
- Description Added
- 09/28/2006
- Description Modified
- 09/28/2006 10:20 PM (PT)
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Characteristics
McAfee Avert Labs HOAX Notice!! McAfee Avert Labs would like to inform you of a new email HOAX. This email message is just a HOAX, currently we know of no other message that the user will receive about the HOAX as the initial email states. McAfee Avert Labs has not received any report of a user's hard drive being erased by opening the email. We are advising users who receive the email to delete it and DO NOT forward it on as this is how an email HOAX propagates. Below is the actual text from the message that may be received via email. Again, if you receive this email delete it and DO NOT forward it on.
McAfee Avert Labs
Symptoms
Method of Infection
Removal
Users should either ignore or delete messages received matching this description.
Variants
Variants
N/A
All Information
Overview -
The Osama Hanged hoax uses a social engineering technique to get users to forward the hoax message to other users similar to that of a chain email. Hoaxes do not contain any malicious files or scripts. If you receive this hoax, please do not forward it to other users as this is how most hoaxes propagate.
This hoax uses a very similar technique to the Olympic Torch Hoax.
Characteristics
Characteristics -
McAfee Avert Labs HOAX Notice!! McAfee Avert Labs would like to inform you of a new email HOAX. This email message is just a HOAX, currently we know of no other message that the user will receive about the HOAX as the initial email states. McAfee Avert Labs has not received any report of a user's hard drive being erased by opening the email. We are advising users who receive the email to delete it and DO NOT forward it on as this is how an email HOAX propagates. Below is the actual text from the message that may be received via email. Again, if you receive this email delete it and DO NOT forward it on.
McAfee Avert Labs
Symptoms
Symptoms -
Method of Infection
Method of Infection -
Removal -
Removal -
Users should either ignore or delete messages received matching this description.
Variants
Variants -
N/A
