Posts Tagged ‘virus that opens an olympic torch’

“Invitation FACEBOOK” hoax

May

2012

There are a lot of genuine malware-laden fake Facebook emails about, but this one is a hoax.. and a very old one at that, going all the way back to the 1990s in one form or another. Subject: Fwd: FW: PLEASE CIRCULATE PLEASE CIRCULATE THIS NOTICE TO FRIENDS AND FAMILY ON YOUR CONTACT LIST In […]

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Facebook Invitation and the Olympic Torch

Nov

2011

Old hoaxes never die. They just get transplanted to Facebook. Sometimes literally, when a classic email hoax starts to spread with minor emendations through Facebook message or news feeds. In this case, the actual message (at least, as I received it) is still email, but it’s been adapted to appeal to the more than 800 million Facebook […]

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Invitation Facebook warning spreads Olympic torch virus hoax

Aug

2011

Facebook users are once again warning their online friends about a threat – the only problem this time is that it doesn’t really exist. Messages are being sent across Facebook by well-intentioned Facebook users advising their friends to beware a virus that could “burn the whole hard disc.. C of your computer” while displaying an […]

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