[Rhodes22-list] Fw: Big Joke - Big Virus Coming - Pass It On]

[John Lock]

At 11:50 AM 5/30/2008 -0700, you wrote:
>hello,
>i hope this is real or i hope it isn't. let me err on the side of caution.
>john b

Hoax.. hoax.. hoax.  There are always a few clues that give thes 
away.  Usually it's the call to action with great urgency, send to 
everyone you know, warning in all caps, worst ever, etc.  Waste of 
time, send it to the bit bucket.

Cheers!
John Lock


>  On Fri, 5/30/08,
> > Subject: No Joke - Big Virus Coming - Pass It On]
>Date: Friday, May 30, 2008, 11:17 AM
> > Get this E-mail message sent around to your
> > contacts ASAP. > You should be alert during the next few
> > days. Do not open> any message with an attachment
> > entitled 'POSTCARD,'> 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 no t ope n 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
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