Updated: February 13, 2007 11:33:45 AM
Also Known As: Microsoft Virus
Type: Hoax
The following message has been sent ot by email. It is a hoax
The hoax message is similar to the following:
PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO YOUR FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES! MICROSOFT VIRUS ALERT!!!If you receive an email with the title "GET MORE MONEY", DO NOT OPEN IT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES!This email will delete all the data on your harddisk. It contains a new and very nasty virus which not many people know of at the moment. This information was released last week by Microsoft, please pass it on to every email-user in your address book in order to stop the virus as quickly as possible.DO NOT OPEN any emails which have been "RETURNED OR UNABLE TO DELIVER" either, because this virus will affect your internet hardware such as modems, PC-cards etc. DELETE all emails with this title AT ONCE! AOL confirms that this is a very dangerous virus for which there is no anti-virus software available at the moment.PLEASE PASS THIS INFORMATION ON AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE!!!
Please ignore any messages regarding this hoax and do not pass on messages. Passing on messages about the hoax only serves to further propagate it.