FW: HUGE VIRUS COMING
Monica Farrell
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Subject: FW: HUGE VIRUS COMING
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 17:43:35 +0000
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Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 09:23:08 -0800
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Subject: Fwd: HUGE VIRUS COMING
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Intentions are obviously genuine, so appreciate the motivation. However:
1) A search on google for 'POSTCARD FROM HALLMARK’ reveals this to be a hoax.
2) It’s an excellent idea to include all emails in the ‘BCC’ of your email, rather than in the ‘CC’ to avoid visibly sending all the email addresses of your contacts unwittingly to large numbers of people.
HTH – Again, thanks to Monica for her intentions.
Kindest Regards,
Seaghan.
Gerard Logue
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----- Original Message -----From: Monica FarrellTo: aengus mac grianna ; aengus mac grianna ; Aileen Roche ; aine keegan ; Aislinn Greene ; anna swelung ; b.farr...@btinternet.com ; Bernadette Murphy ; bernie conway ; Breda Greaves ; bridm...@eircom.net ; CEIST E-News ; cesi list ; Clodagh Mitchell ; Dawn Costello ; Declan Carolan ; DempseyTravel Trim ; Emmanuelle Sallé ; enda....@materdei.dcu.ie ; eoghan ; Erin Kenny ; Faith Connect ; Gerard Woolhead ; ger byrne ; in...@newgrangefalconry.com ; John - SchoolDays.ie ; Liam Galgey ; Lisa Rispin ; Lloyd Bracken ; Louise Hayes ; Maire Costello ; maria ; maria kiely ; mark mohan ; Marlyn Byrne ; Monica Farrell ; monica farrell ; niamh nic grianna ; niamh nic grianna ; Orla Walshe ; orla walsh ; pat mcgeary ; paul.h...@materdei.dcu.ie ; Pauline Dwyer ; niam...@hotmail.com ; Rachel Ennis ; Raissa ; Regina Carolan ; Roger John ; Sarah ; Sarah Brady ; Siobhan Reaney ; sionn...@hotmail.com ; Solstice Arts Centre Navan ; The Staff ; Ticketmaster Ireland ; Tomas Carolan ; Trim Castle ; Trim Pub-Olympics ; ursula....@beamvacuums.ieSent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 7:50 PMSubject: [CESI List] FW: HUGE VIRUS COMING
Marcela Whelan
From:
http://www.hoax-slayer.com/postcard-virus-hoax.shtml
Status:
Warning is a hoax but is causing confusion because it includes a link to
information about a genuine but totally unrelated (malware) virus.
Commentary:
According to this emailed warning, a virus is currently being distributed that
will destroy the hard drive on the infected computer and has been classified by
Microsoft as the most destructive virus ever. The message claims that opening
an email attachment named "POSTCARD" or "POSTCARD FROM
HALLMARK", will open a postcard image that will "burn" the
entire hard disk on the infected computer and destroy the disk's "zero
sector".
However, the claims in the warning message are untrue. As explained later in
the article, the warning is just a newer variant of older virus hoaxes that
have circulated for several years. Unfortunately, this variant has gained
completely undeserved credibility due to the following factors:
Regrettably, because "postcard" is mentioned in both the real malware
email and the bogus warning, many recipients have mistakenly concluded that the
misinformation contained in the hoax email is genuine.
It is important to understand that the claims in the hoax email are in no way
related to the real malware threat. Other than the reference to a postcard, the
real malware threat and the fictional virus have nothing whatsoever in common.
Unfortunately, it seems that many recipients are clicking the link in the bogus
email and, after glancing at the "Real" status of the article,
falsely concluding that the information in the hoax email is factual. If they
were to actually read the Snopes article rather than just look at the status
indicator, they would very quickly realize that the information in the hoax
message is totally unrelated to the genuine malware threat. In fact, the
article quite clearly states that readers should not confuse the genuine threat
with the old virus hoaxes.
Because of these factors, this hoax variant is spreading rapidly around the world and causing a great deal of confusion.
Regards,
Marcela Whelan
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From: cesi...@googlegroups.com [mailto:cesi...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Monica Farrell
Sent: 05 January 2010 19:50
To: aengus mac grianna; aengus mac
grianna; Aileen Roche; aine keegan; Aislinn Greene; anna swelung; b.farr...@btinternet.com;
Bernadette Murphy; bernie conway; Breda Greaves; bridm...@eircom.net; CEIST
E-News; cesi list; Clodagh Mitchell; Dawn Costello; Declan Carolan;
DempseyTravel Trim; Emmanuelle Sallé; enda....@materdei.dcu.ie; eoghan; Erin
Kenny; Faith Connect; Gerard Woolhead; ger byrne; in...@newgrangefalconry.com;
John - SchoolDays.ie; Liam Galgey; Lisa Rispin; Lloyd Bracken; Louise Hayes;
Maire Costello; maria; maria kiely; mark mohan; Marlyn Byrne; Monica Farrell;
monica farrell; niamh nic grianna; niamh nic grianna; Orla Walshe; orla walsh;
pat mcgeary; paul.h...@materdei.dcu.ie; Pauline Dwyer; niam...@hotmail.com;
Rachel Ennis; Raissa; Regina Carolan; Roger John; Sarah; Sarah Brady; Siobhan
Reaney; sionn...@hotmail.com; Solstice Arts Centre Navan; The Staff;
Ticketmaster Ireland; Tomas Carolan; Trim Castle; Trim Pub-Olympics;
ursula....@beamvacuums.ie
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