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Yhis one first showed up about three years ago.. was real at the time but virus scanners now would pick it up.
http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/osama.asp
I always receive an email about getting a free phone if I forward it on to ten people, a new test being done by telstra or microsoft or nokia or someone.. I am still waiting for my phone!
From ABC, 28 Aug 2007
GUARDS ALMOST HAD TO KILL BIN LADEN: REPORT
US forces in Afghanistan came so close to discovering Osama bin Laden in the winter of 2004-2005 that his supporters were on the verge of killing him to prevent his capture, Newsweek magazine says.
Bin Laden's entourage, ordered to kill the Al Qaeda chief and themselves to avoid capture, were about to take the drastic action using a special code word when nearby US troops moved off in a different direction, the magazine said.
"If there's a 99 per cent risk of the sheikh (bin Laden) being captured, he told his men that they should all die and martyr him as well," Newsweek quoted Egyptian Al Qaeda operative Sheikh Said as telling Taliban official Omar Farooqi.
The near-miss by US forces occurred on the lawless border area between Afghanistan and Pakistan, the magazine reported.
In its cover story on the six-year-old search for bin Laden, the mastermind of the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington, Newsweek also said the intense US search for him had made little progress in several years.
"There hasn't been a serious lead on Osama bin Laden since early 2002," Bruce Reidel, a retired CIA South Asia expert, told the magazine.
"What we're doing now is shooting in the dark in outer space. The chances of hitting anything are zero," said an unidentified intelligence official.
-AFP
We copped a virus a couple of days ago, it was a browser called conduit. It was a real pain and corrupted the windows 32 register.
What a waste of a day sorting that out.
Just curious, are you using Windows XP or something ancient SP?
Have you thought about upgrading to 7 or 8?
I made to the move to Apple 2 years ago and don't regret a thing. Most programs now have a Mac version (ie, Outlook, Office etc etc). I just got fed up with Microsoft.
No - or little - viruses and malware (compared to Microsoft). And the laptop 'just works'!
If anyone gets that annoying little "MySearchResults" malware attached to their FireFox browser, you can remove it by looking for "default tab" by search LLC in programs and uninstalling it.
Cheers,
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