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Big virus coming, confirmed by McAfee and Norton and Snopes

 
 
Reply Fri 18 Apr, 2008 02:32 pm
I have actually seen this one in my home email - Thank god I didn't open it!





Subject: Big virus coming, confirmed by McAfee and Norton and Snopes


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


Hi All, I checked with Norton Anti-Virus, and they are gearing up for this virus!

I checked Snopes (URL above:), and it is for real!!

Get this E-mail message sent around to your contacts ASAP.

PLEASE FORWARD THIS WARNING AMONG FRIENDS, FAMILY AND CONTACTS!

You should be alert during the next few days. Do not open any message with an attachment entitled 'POSTCARD,' regardless of who sent it to you. It is a virus which opens A POSTCARD IMAGE, which 'burns' the whole hard disc C of your computer. This virus will be received from someone who has your e-mail address in his/her contact list. &nb sp;This is the reason why you need to send this e-mail to all your contacts It is bet ter to receive this message 25 times than to receive the virus and open it.

If you receive a mail called' POSTCARD,' even though sent to you by a friend, do not open it! Shut down your computer immediately.

This is the worst virus announced by CNN. It has been classified by Microsoft as the most destructive virus ever. This virus was discovered by McAfee yesterday, and there is no repair yet for this kind of virus. This virus simply destroys the Zero Sector of the Hard Disc, where the vital information is kept.

COPY THIS E-MAIL, AND SEND IT TO YOUR FRIENDS. REMEMBER: IF YOU SEND IT TO THEM, YOU WILL BENEFIT ALL OF US.

Snopes lists all the names could come in.
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DrewDad
 
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Reply Fri 18 Apr, 2008 02:40 pm
This virus has been in the wild for nearly a year.

And what good will shutting down your computer do?
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fishin
 
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Reply Fri 18 Apr, 2008 09:26 pm
Bahahahahaha!

Ummm.. Did you bother to actually read that snopes page you linked?

It very clearly has a note at the bottom warning people about confusing the real virus with the hoax virus warning that you posted.
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ehBeth
 
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Reply Fri 18 Apr, 2008 09:45 pm
Didn't we go through this snopes/hoax/postcard thing about 5 mebbe 6 years ago? Or longer. Time just flies when you're forwarding hoaxes.
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Intrepid
 
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Reply Sat 19 Apr, 2008 11:01 am
These things are meant for the gullible and it seems that it works.
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