Fw: Warning of Virus Coming
Isabelle Nicol
This is a real virus, I checked it on Snopes.com
Head
From: Steve
Mansell [mailto:st...@calicofoods.com]
Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 8:46
AM
To: 'Linda Morley';
'Terry Brown'; 'Heather Foster'; ke...@calicofoods.com; 'Debbie
Mansell'
Subject: FW: Warning
of Virus Coming
Please note and take care not to open such an E Mail.
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 WARNI NG AMONG FRIENDS, FAMILY AND CONTACTS!
You should be alert during the next few days. Do not open any message with an attachment entitled 'POSTCARD FROM HALLMARK,' 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/h er 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! 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 U S
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Internal Virus Database is out of date.
Checked
by AVG - http://www.avg.com
Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.8.5/1758
- Release Date: 10/31/2008 8:22
AM
Bill Royds
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 WARNI NG AMONG FRIENDS, FAMILY AND CONTACTS!You should be alert during the next few days. Do not open any message with an attachment entitled 'POSTCARD FROM HALLMARK,' 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/h er 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.
Mott/McMullen
Protecting yourself from real virus and trojan threats entails a few simple but critical measures. Follow them religiously: (this is from the website http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_postcard_virus.htm)
- Always be very careful concerning which attachments you open and which files you download. If you can't be reasonably sure they are safe, don't open or download them.
- Maintain up-to-date antivirus software on your computer, configure it to detect trojan horses and other malware automatically, and scan for viruses and other threats regularly.
- Always be careful concerning which links you choose to click, especially in messages from anonymous or unfamiliar sources. Clicking on these links can instantly download malicious software onto your computer. Again, if you can't be reasonably sure a link is safe, don't click on it.