Pretty Flower

This email has been distributed in France. It is a combination of the Pretty Park email warning and the An Internet flower for you hoax.

Here is the text of the email:

AVIS DE NOUVEAU VIRUS

N'ouvrez pas "JOLI PARC" c'est un virus qui effacera votre disque dur en entier. Il viendra à vous sous forme de E-mail d'une personne familière. Expédiez ceci à plus de monde possible. Mieux vaux qu'ils reçoivent plutôt ceci 25 fois que pas du tout.

En outre: Intel a annoncé qu'un nouveau et très destructif virus a été découvert récemment. Si vous recevez un e-mail appelé "UNE FLEUR D'INTERNET POUR VOUS" ne l'ouvrez pas. Effacez-le tout de suite!

ENVOYEZ CECI À CHACUN DE VOS CONTACTS

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.