Warning new virus

[mr_mastiff]

Just been sent this by my local neighbourhood watch coordinator

 

>VERY URGENT!!! PLEASE CIRCULATE to your friends, family and

> contacts.

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> >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.

 

I hope this stops anyone being caught out.

[Michael Browne]

A quick google search confirms this is a hoax:

 

http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/whitehouse.asp

 

http://www.hoax-slayer.com/black-in-white-house-virus-hoax.shtml

[mr_mastiff]

Thanks you live and learn, i will pass it on to my neighbourhood watch.

[Conniff]

Sorry, this isn't new, it's years old.

There is no such virus, there is no known software that can do physical damage to a computer. If there was the US would have burned all the North Korean computers

 

 

These are just email junk that gets passed on year upon year, there is no such email with an attachment addressed as such.