Dana

Here is the text of the hoax:

ATENCAO AO NOVO VIRUS CUIDADO CHUMBO GROSSO UM NOVO VIRUS (DANA) FOI DESCOBERTO : PROVAVELMENTE O HACKER JADE, RESPONSAVEL PELOS MAIORES ESTRAGOS NO MOMENTO, ESTA DISSEMINANDO UM E-MAIL INTITULADO APRENDA A AMAR. A MCAFEE ANUNCIOU QUE E MUITO PODEROSO, MAIS DO QUE O VIRUS MELISSA E I LOVE YOU, E "NAO TEM VACINA !!!". ESTE NOVO VIRUS COMERA TODA A INFORMACAO NO DISCO RIGIDO E DESTRUIRA O NETSCAPE NAVIGATOR E O MICROSOFT INTERNET EXPLORER. NAO ABRA NADA COM O TITULO DE APRENDA AMAR E, SE POSSIVEL, PASSE ESTA MENSAGEM A TODOS OS SEUS CONTACTOS DE E-MAIL. MUITA GENTE AINDA NAO CONHECE ESTE VIRUS PORTANTO CONVEM PROPAGAR ESTA MENSAGEM O MAIS RAPIDO POSSIVEL ANTES QUE ELE POSSA CONTAMINAR NOSSO E O SEU SISTEMA.

Many virus hoaxes:

• falsely claim to describe an extremely dangerous virus
• use pseudo-technical language to make impressive-sounding (but impossible) claims
• falsely claim that the report was issued or confirmed by a well-known company
• ask you to forward it to all your friends and colleagues

As usual, you are urged not to pass on warnings of this kind, as the continued re-forwarding of these hoaxes simply wastes time and email bandwidth.

It is possible that you may receive a hoax via email with a file attached. Obviously, such file attachments should be treated with caution as they may be virus infected. Sophos recommends deleting virus hoax emails, whether they contain file attachments or not.

Sophos suggests a policy to help prevent hoaxes from spreading in your company.