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Saturday, June 11, 2005

Jackson is alive but your PC can be dead

The virus which is being doing the rounds on this WWW is the recent Michael Jackson's suicide virus. Experts at a security firm, Sophos have warned of a spam campaign that claims that Michael Jackson has attempted suicide in an attempt to lure innocent computer users into being infected by a Trojan horse. Obviously Michael Jackson is alive and if you receive the message then delete the message. The message you can receive or have already received it, is displayed below. Subject: Re: Suicidal aattempt Message: Last night, while in his Neverland Ranch, Michael Jackson has made a suicidal attempt. They suggest this attempt follows the last claim was made against the king of pop. 46 years old Michael has left pre-suicid note which describes and interpretes some of his sins.