Virus

[Barbara]

I don't know if this is true or not so many turn out to be false but, better safe than sorry
If it's a false alarm I apologise in advance.



















PLEASE FORWARD THIS WARNING AMONG YOUR 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 drive of your computer.

This virus will be received from someone who has your e-mail address on his/her contact list. That 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 if it is 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.

[Tig]

Barbara this is quite an old 'hoax' warning email, so no need to panic. As you say better safe than sorry

www.vistax64.com/system-security/194543-postcard-hallmark-virus-hoax.html

x Tig

[Barbara]

Can you ask Admin to shift it then Tig please.

[Tig]

If the email is still doing the rounds Barbara perhaps your post will help re-assure others not to worry, or even save them forwarding it to others?

Can we leave it for a couple of days and then archive it?

x Tig

[Spruance]

Snopes is a good site for checking out dubious web content and phoney virus reports Barbara... i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/wink.gif

www.snopes.com/

All the same it's better to be safe than sorry. i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/smiley.gif

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Jun 22, 2010 13:59:48 GMT Barbara said:

It is a virus which opens A POSTCARD IMAGE, which 'burns' the whole hard disc C drive of your computer.

What a pity it's a hoax, if it worked it would be a good way of cleaning an HDD before disposing of a computer. Oh well, I shall have to keep using "SafeErase" for the job.