Postcard Virus Warning.
I got this email today and thought I might share it with you.
If its a hoax, so be it. But I would rather be safe than sorry.
Virus on its way. read and let people know about it.
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. This is the reason why you need to send this e-mail to
all your contacts It is better 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!
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.
Snopes lists all the names it could come in.
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I have a friend who this has happened to. I thought it was a joke. But turned out to be quite serious.
I found this post by Robert aslwell: http://www.gitui.com/internet/postcard-virus-the-followup/ saying the same thing.
Quite interesting.