Is the Hallmark Postcard virus real or hoax?
Dragon
etc
Reckons the Hallmark Postcard virus is the worst yet.
Has been checked by Snopes.
Looks more like a hoax to me but is the truth known?
Henry
Wolf Kirchmeir
Google on "Hallmark virus hoax". It's a hoax, but e-cards can and do
carry viruses, so be cautious. Also, e-card websites often have a slew
of linked sites that want to set cookies, etc. I use Firefox's Noscript
extension, and allow cookies For Session only.
First hit (excerpt -- and note warning about similarly named actual virus):
"'Postcard' or 'Postcard from Hallmark' Virus Hoax
Netlore Archive: False email alert warns of 'the worst virus ever'
circulating in the form of an attachment labeled 'POSTCARD' or 'POSTCARD
FROM HALLMARK'
Description: Email hoax
Circulating since: Feb. 2008 (this version)
Status: False
IMPORTANT NOTE:
Some versions of this hoax claim the information was "verified" on
Snopes.com. This is NOT true. What has been verified on Snopes.com is a
different e-card virus threat with a similar name.
DO beware of phony "Hallmark" (or other) e-card notices -- they may
carry a real virus.
DON'T be confused by the false descriptions below.
{...]"
BTW, a reference to Snopes usually means a hoax, but it's worth checking
out snopes.com anyhow. A little healthy paranoia never hurt anybody. ;-)
HTH
--
wolf k.
Dragon
"Wolf Kirchmeir" <wol...@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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Thanks Wolf
I did Google it but the results were a bit ambiguous with some claiming a
genuine virus.
Henry
David H. Lipman
| Henry
The *best* place to check is HoaxBusters at the CIAC
http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/HBHoaxIndex.html
Could be a variation of the "Olympic Torch Virus Hoax"
http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/cgi-bin/mfs/www/hoaxbusters/archive?link=http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/HBMalCode.shtml&file=/www/hoaxbusters/HBMalCode.shtml&line=2021#mfs
--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp
Dragon
"David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message
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> From: "Dragon" <qz39drago...@ntlworld.com>
>
> | I've just received a warning from a friend who received it from a friend
> etc
> | etc
> | Reckons the Hallmark Postcard virus is the worst yet.
> | Has been checked by Snopes.
> | Looks more like a hoax to me but is the truth known?
>
> | Henry
>
>
> The *best* place to check is HoaxBusters at the CIAC
> http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/HBHoaxIndex.html
>
> Could be a variation of the "Olympic Torch Virus Hoax"
> http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/cgi-bin/mfs/www/hoaxbusters/archive?link=http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/HBMalCode.shtml&file=/www/hoaxbusters/HBMalCode.shtml&line=2021#mfs
>
>
>
> --
> Dave
Interesting links to Hoax busters and indeed I see the similarity to Olympic
Torch now that you have pointed me at it
In general I see 2 problems with using Hoaxbusters.
1 How does one find that the hoax of interest is a variant without doing a
search of the all the hoaxes listed?
2 the site has not been updated since 18 October 2007 as DOE has lost
interest according to the home page.
"The U.S. Department of Energy has decided that it no longer wants to be
associated with hoaxbusters.ciac.org so this site has been permanently shut
down. "
I did a Google on Hoaxbusters and found an alternative site that listed the
Hallmark hoax - once you dug far enough.
http://hoaxbusters.org/
Henry
David H. Lipman
| Interesting links to Hoax busters and indeed I see the similarity to Olympic
| Torch now that you have pointed me at it
| In general I see 2 problems with using Hoaxbusters.
| 1 How does one find that the hoax of interest is a variant without doing a
| search of the all the hoaxes listed?
| 2 the site has not been updated since 18 October 2007 as DOE has lost
| interest according to the home page.
| "The U.S. Department of Energy has decided that it no longer wants to be
| associated with hoaxbusters.ciac.org so this site has been permanently shut
| down. "
| I did a Google on Hoaxbusters and found an alternative site that listed the
| Hallmark hoax - once you dug far enough.
| http://hoaxbusters.org/
| Henry
Thanx for that. Until recently I haven't had to reference the CIAC's Hoax Busters. In
the last few days I have seen a few email hoaxes distributed.
I'm sorry to see it was dropped by the CIAC but I am glad it was pcked up. However, not
by an "authority" like the CIAC.
The problem with the site, no good search engine!
the shadow
(in article <-padnYHnGoiQ8QrV...@giganews.com>):
> From: "Dragon" <qz39drago...@ntlworld.com>
>
>> I've just received a warning from a friend who received it from a friend etc
>> etc
>> Reckons the Hallmark Postcard virus is the worst yet.
>> Has been checked by Snopes.
>> Looks more like a hoax to me but is the truth known?
>
>> Henry
>
>
> The *best* place to check is HoaxBusters at the CIAC
> http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/HBHoaxIndex.html
>
> Could be a variation of the "Olympic Torch Virus Hoax"
>
http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/cgi-
bin/mfs/www/hoaxbusters/archive?link=http://ho
>
axbusters.ciac.org/HBMalCode.shtml&file=/www/hoaxbusters/HBMalCode.shtml&line=
> 2021#mfs
>
>
>
>
I checked out Hoaxbusters and Snopes is still a better site for checking. It
has a much better layout and references sources at the end of each article.
Hud
David H. Lipman
>> From: "Dragon" <qz39drago...@ntlworld.com>
>>> Henry
| http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/cgi-
| bin/mfs/www/hoaxbusters/archive?link=http://ho
| axbusters.ciac.org/HBMalCode.shtml&file=/www/hoaxbusters/HBMalCode.shtml&line=
>> 2021#mfs
| Hud
Snopes is not reliable.
Dragon
"David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message
It's nice to make a contribution for a change!
Henry
David H. Lipman
| It's nice to make a contribution for a change!
| Henry
Thank you Henry! :-)
Rhonda Lea Kirk Fries
<snipped>
> Snopes is not reliable.
Back in the day, David Mikkelson was something of a kook:
http://www.killfile.org/~tskirvin/faqs/legends/legends1.html
There's a more coherent and updated accounting elsewhere, but I'm not
feeling like a missionary tonight.
With respect to your other post about the problem of site search on
sites lacking a search facility, see here:
http://www.google.com/support/bin/static.py?page=searchguides.html&ctx=advanced
Scroll down to "Domain Search." For example, if you type (without the
quotes)
"Hallmark site:hoaxbusters.org"
it will bring up all pages with a reference to "Hallmark."
--
Rhonda Lea Kirk Fries
"You know you can indict a ham sandwich if you want to."
William J. Martini, Judge, United States District Court
David H. Lipman
| David H. Lipman wrote:
| <snipped>
>> Snopes is not reliable.
| http://www.killfile.org/~tskirvin/faqs/legends/legends1.html
| http://www.google.com/support/bin/static.py?page=searchguides.html&ctx=advanced
| "Hallmark site:hoaxbusters.org"
Thanx Rhonda.