[pianotech] OT: VIRUS WARNING - Unless you are OFF windows

Terry Farrell mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com
Mon May 3 20:00:20 MDT 2010


How can you delete it if you don't click on it first to highlight it?

Terry Farrell

On May 3, 2010, at 3:33 PM, Duaine Hechler wrote:

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> -------- 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>
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> 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!
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> -- 
> 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

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