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Allan
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National
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 Posted - 05 Dec 2008 : 1:07:33 PM
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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
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.
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john
Forum Moderator
Victoria
3130 Posts |
Posted - 08 Dec 2008 : 3:12:57 PM
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| I set my meaasage rules to not download such a message. |
John Daley Sidecar #68
' there are those who do, those who dont do and those who undo. We must lampoon the latter." |
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Bummers
Level 3 Member
Queensland
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Posted - 08 Dec 2008 : 9:19:15 PM
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If you scroll to the bottom of the Snopes article You must be logged in to see this link.
You will see "Although the Postcard virus is real, it isn't a "BIG VIRUS COMING" (it's already been around in multiple forms for a long time now), it will not "burn the whole hard disc" of your computer, CNN didn't classify it as the "worst virus" ever, ..."
I'm no computer virus expert but it seems to me that if you have a decent anti-virus program & you have kept the definitions up to date, it should detect & protect your computer from this virus.
If you haven't got a decent anti-virus program have a look at You must be logged in to see this link. - the free version works for me at work & home & I've never had a virus since installing it (Touch wood!) |
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