[Rhodes22-list] Fw: No Joke - Big Virus Coming - Pass It On]

[Rik Sandberg]

John,

Apparently it isn't real, BUT everybody should read the information at 
this link because there are many viri out there that are very similar.

http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_postcard_virus.htm

Rik

"Is this gonna' put me in a bad mood? 'Cause I'm not usually this pleasant".... Rik Sandberg



john Belanger wrote:
> hello,
> i hope this is real or i hope it isn't. let me err on the side of caution.
> john b
> s/v 1969 venture 21
>
>
>  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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