A VERY BAD VIRUS - CONFIRMED BY SNOPES

August 9, 2007

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Tamara Eastlick

Wednesday, August 08, 2007

9:58 AM

Mandi

McKay; Dawni Zamora; Katie Doll; Nikole

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FW: A VERY BAD VIRUS -

CONFIRMED BY SNOPES

I have looked this up

on snopes and it is a real virus.

BAD VIRUS...IMPORTANT TO READ

THIS WARNING HAS BEEN

VERIFIED:

http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/postcard.asp

Please don't open any 'greeting card' /'postcard from a relative' e-mails

unless you know who they're from.

I

verified this at http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/postcard.asp

(last update 1 July 2007)

WORST VIRUS

EVER --- CNN ANNOUNCED; PLEASE SEND THIS TO EVERYONE ON YOUR CONTACT LIST!!

A new virus has just been discovered that has be en classified by Microsoft as

the most destructive ever. This virus was discovered by McAfee.

This virus simply destroys Sector Zero from the hard disk, where vital information

for its functioning are stored.

This virus acts in the following manner:

It sends

itself automatically to all contacts on your list with the title:

'A Card for You' OR 'POSTCARD FOR YOU'.

As soon as the supposed virtual

card is opened the computer freezes so that the user has to reboot. When

the ctrl+alt+ del

keys or the reset button are pressed, the virus destroys Sector Zero, thus

permanently destroying the hard disk. Yesterday in just a few hours this

virus caused panic in New

York, according to news broadcast by CNN.

This alert was received by an employee of Microsoft itself. So don't open

any mails with subject: 'A Virtual Card for You.' As soon as you get the

mail, delete it!! Even if you know the sender !!!

Please pass

this mail to all of your friends. I'm sure most people, like myself, would

rather receive this notice 25 times than not at all.

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August 9, 2007

This is an interesting email.

It mixes one Internet hoax with a real Internet problem.

For one thing: CNN did NOT talk about this, McAfee did not discover it, and Microsoft could care less about computer viruses.

The Virtual Card For You is the original Internet hoax.

Someone added the warning by SNOPES to make this hoax seem less of a hoax.

Yes, there are some bad sites connected to the mailing: you've received a post card/greeting card from a relative/friend/colleague/family member...etc.

But the original hoax is still a hoax.

It's time for everyone on the Internet to develop a bit of sophistication, or it's going to turn into one gigantic craphouse wall.

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August 9, 2007

Amen, David. I check Snopes.com and hoaxslayer. It's enough of a challenge and time-consuming to get the good information you seek, w/o spending hours worrying about the hoaxes, too. Dr. Goebel

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