Postcard Virus, The followup.
Postcard Virus. <=== Previus post about the postcard virus
Is it real, or is it a hoax? Well…
The postcard Virus is real. But it does not “burn” or “blow up” your hard drive. That is just made up.
As you know, (maybe) this virus spreads itself as a postcard email attachment. Once run, It infects your computer and goes through your contact on your computer. The postcard virus then takes all your contacts on your computer and emails them from there. With the attachment postcard.exe. It comes from Hallmark.
I had a client this week, that had trouble with their computer. Their Internet Explorer would not stay open, kept on closing everytime it went to a different website. If it did not close it came up with a message saying that the website is unsecure and you are going to get a virus if you view it. I doubt that google.com and yahoo.com and microsoft.com have the same virus
But the first thing I noticed was that the background had an active desktop recovery screen. I have not seen one of those in about 3 years.
Most of the services stopped working. I could not open my computer, I could not use ctrl+alt+Del, Msconfig would not work, regedit would not open. AVG was close and could not start, Aswell as Norton’s.
I then learnt that the postcard virus kills all those services that have the following strings in: AVG, Norton, defender, and basically all the known anti virus protection programs.
I did find out how exactly the virus works. but have lost the website. As soon as I find it , I will post it and let you know.
After hours of struggling, I eventually had to format the computer and reinstall.
I did believe that this virus was a hoax, But after this experience, I changed my mind. This is one of the most severe viruses I’ve dealt with in a very long time.
I hope that this answers your questions and explains some things to you.
Robert
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I must just add, in my honest opinion, I think that the person who wrote the postcard virus, must be brilliant.
Just the mere fact of how the virus works and operates. I think that its ingenious.
Just a thought.