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BIG VIRUS COMING..., PLEASE READ & FORWARD!!!
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
COPY THIS E-MAIL, AND SEND IT TO YOUR FRIENDS. REMEMBER: IF YOU SEND IT TO THEM, YOU WILL BENEFIT ALL OF US
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| | | | I decided to check snopes and according to them, this is an old virus and the letter is a bit exaggerated . The virus is real but known. It will not burn the hard drive , and detections are in place by all reputable companies such as Norton and McAffe.
Here is the Snopes link.
http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/postcard.asp
Watch out more for a virus named "Bagel" some variants were detected by researchers on Monday 9-1-8, but this one caused a bigger headache than most.
The virus was "seeded" through an initial massive spamming. Perhaps hundreds of thousands of copies of the worm were sent out in the initial attack, giving the virus a forceful first few hours.
The new variant, dubbed Bagle.al, generated a glut of e-mails with the simple message "price" or "new price." Attachments to the e-mail were named with some variation of the word price, such as new_price.zip, price_new.zip, or price_08.zip.
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