Friday, November 19, 2010

VIRUS ALERT


          VIRUS  COMING !

         Hi  All,

         I  checked with Norton Anti-Virus, and they are
gearing up for this  virus!


         I  checked Snopes, 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
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/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! 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 , YOU WILL HELP ALL OF US. . . .;-)

                               ETC. . .ETC. . . .ETC. . .

4 comments:

Gary Kelly said...

Thanks for the tip, JustinO.

When I check my mail, I use my ISP's mail host to see what's there before I download it to Windows Mail. If I'm unsure of something, I check it before it gets anywhere near my hard drive. Nothing is downloaded directly to my hard drive automatically. I always check it first, and delete all spam as well as anything that looks remotely suspicious.

JustinO'Shea said...

Hmmm. . . .consistently cautious Gary. . . I see. . .;-)

Dick said...

Justin, see http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/postcard.asp
and read the last paragraph. This virus has been around since 2007 and is nowhere as serious as portrayed.

JustinO'Shea said...

THANKS, DICK, for the good news.

When such notices come my way and appear to be backed ny Snopes. etc.
I publish them as a cautionary service.

Honestly, I do not have the time to do the research and detective work that would be required. I figure better safe than sorry. .. ;-) If there is no scare, so much the better. Like the old word "CAVEAT EMPTOR". . . "Let the buyer beware!"

the Boy Crying WOLFIE ! LOL