Virus for computer containing Osama Bin-Laden hanged?

Answer 1

No. The virus used to exist, but the FBI banned it before it caused too many infections. After that, somebody composed a hoax warning. If you receive that warning, please do not send it to anybody else. It is no longer true.

Hoax:Emails with pictures of Osama Bin-Laden hanged are being sent and the moment that you open these emails your computer will crash and you will not be able to fix it!

This e-mail is being distributed through countries around the globe, but mainly in the US and Israel.

Don't be inconsiderate; send this warning to whomever you know.

If you get an email along the lines of "Osama bin Laden Captured" or "Osama Hanged" don't open the attachment.

EDIT by Dazzbot 20/10/2009:

Not sure what the answerer meant by "used to exist" a virus will exist indfinitely until either every copy of it is destroyed (and how could anyone know that?). It's pretty vague about the "virus" anyway. There probably wasn't a virus like this anyway.

If the FBI banned this virus, why doesn't the FBI just ban all viruses? How can you ban a virus? In any case it is indeed a hoax message and the message has been going around the internet for several years. Just to a Google search for the phrase: "Emails with pictures of Osama Bin-Laden hanged". Most anti-virus companies develop virus definitions to deal with popular viruses very quickly.

See also here (copy and paste link into your browser address bar): http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2007-053113-4142-99&tabid=2