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Sage
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Joined: Sun Feb 05, 2006 3:00 am Posts: 1262 Location: Miami,Florida: Beautiful And So Conveniently Close To The United States!
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 Virus Warning
I received this in my Email and wanted to pass it on. I Don't know if it's real or not but better safe than sorry.
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 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=2 0whole 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 an e-mail entitled '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 all your vital information is kept.
Sage
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| Wed Oct 29, 2008 10:38 am |
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Crosby
Lieutenant Commander
Joined: Sun Jan 29, 2006 3:00 am Posts: 801 Location: Iowa
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 Re: Virus Warning
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| Wed Oct 29, 2008 12:42 pm |
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mob
Boo! inc.
Joined: Sat Oct 09, 2004 2:00 am Posts: 865 Location: USA
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 Re: Virus Warning
Sage wrote: > I checked Snopes (URL above:), and it is for real!! > Get this E-mail message sent around to your contacts ASAP.
Ive had friends and family send me e-mails with the beginning starting with this and after some research it 9 out of 10 turns out to be spam. But I would hope all of us are computer savy enough to not open e-mails with links unless you know what ur getting in to. OR you like to experiment with new viruses:) Thanks for the look out Sage
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| Wed Oct 29, 2008 2:27 pm |
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Singularity
Veteran Op
Joined: Thu Jun 02, 2005 2:00 am Posts: 5558 Location: USA
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 Re: Virus Warning
ROFL. I got one of these, it had a .zip file w/ it. Obviously I didn't open the zip file... laff.
The "urban legends" site is wrong. There is at least a zip worm going around with "HALLMARK" in the subject. Not that it matters... is there anyone stupid enough to run random files these days?
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| Wed Oct 29, 2008 3:16 pm |
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Kane
Gameop
Joined: Sun Feb 26, 2006 3:00 am Posts: 1430 Location: USA
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 Re: Virus Warning
Just when they say, Naked women inside. 
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| Wed Oct 29, 2008 9:02 pm |
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NjoY
Ensign
Joined: Mon Jul 23, 2007 6:20 pm Posts: 288 Location: United Kingdom
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 Re: Virus Warning
I never get anything that interesting. Just ads to improve my manhood and viagra ads. Also the phishing ones for banks i don't use. A friend came round to my house once and said did you open the email i sent ya? It's really funny. So because he was stood there i opened the attachment. Wasn't that funny. Give me the cih virus, i think, was a bad one anyway. when my pc crashed he said, "thats exactly whats happened to mine. Thats why i came round." Hmmm. now i never open anything.
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ElderProphet
Commander
Joined: Tue Oct 07, 2003 2:00 am Posts: 1134 Location: Augusta, GA
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 Re: Virus Warning
OMG that's hilarious NjoY!
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| Thu Oct 30, 2008 11:26 pm |
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V'Ger
Gameop
Joined: Tue Sep 25, 2007 7:27 pm Posts: 530 Location: Long Island
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 Re: Virus Warning
I guess your friend *REALLY* perscribes to misery loving company, eh?
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| Fri Oct 31, 2008 5:33 am |
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Cerne
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Joined: Sun Oct 08, 2006 2:00 am Posts: 991
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 Re: Virus Warning
Funny... I remember the last time Sage passed on a warning from some of his buds, we all know how that turned out. lol
Cerne
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Kaus
Gameop
Joined: Tue Nov 19, 2002 3:00 am Posts: 1050 Location: USA
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 Re: Virus Warning
http://blog.trendmicro.com/Off topic but generally carries most legit malware warnings/virus warnings. That email sage got looks more like spam/chain letter than legit warning imo. If it was a virus its more likely part of the Storm Botnet ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storm_botnet) as they have used a hallmark spam mail before. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r196483 ... STORM-wormStorm is much worse than a "Zero Sector" virus. Simply because a Zero Sector virus would just destroy your harddrive and while virus's like that still exist. Most modern day Malware/Virii/Spamware writers have other agenda's than destroying a computer for giggles. Google: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Se ... -Card+HoaxSorry to get so involved in a topic everyone allready knows is a hoax, just flexing my e-knowledge 
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