go here: www.snopes.com/computer/virus/virtualcard.asp and you'll find a lot of the below text quoted verbatim - this warning, according to snopes, is apparently is itself a hoax based on the postcard virus of a few years ago On 5/3/2010 3:33 PM, Duaine Hechler wrote: > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: RE: VIRUS WARNING > Date: Mon, 3 May 2010 14:17:51 -0500 > From: Rick Edwards <rickedwards at gvtc.com> > To: Rick Edwards <rickedwards at gvtc.com> > References: <004201caeade$1c56cb90$550462b0$@com> > > > > * * > > *From:* Elin Elkouby [mailto:elinelkouby at hotmail.com] > *Sent:* Sunday, May 02, 2010 9:18 AM > > Better safe than sorry!!! > > Just in case -- read this: > > FYI TO ALL. > > Dave's brother is a very advanced programmer who does computer work > for a living and has a high up status with Microsoft. He doesn't > send these if they aren't real. If he says this is for real, it > for sure is. Be aware. > > VIRUS COMING ! > > Hi All, > > I checked with Norton Anti-Virus, and they are gearing up for > this virus! > > I checked Snopes, 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! Hit Delete. Then you must reboot. > > 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. > > Be sure to warn your friends too... in this way we all benefit! > > > > > > -- > Duaine Hechler > Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ > Tuning, Servicing& Rebuilding > Reed Organ Society Member > Florissant, MO 63034 > (314) 838-5587 > dahechler at att.net > www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com > -- > Home& Business user of Linux - 10 years > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100503/9ebf542d/attachment-0001.htm>
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