Thread: Snopes says this virus/worm is real..........

Got this from my sister and I checked out the snopes and it's true!


Hi, I always check these warnings out when they're sent to me, so many of them are urban legends. But not this one, it's real.

3 times this week, we've been sent these virtual cards, always from some "family member" "friend" or "neighbor" (and in all cases, none of the individuals were people we'd ever heard of). Fortunately, I have a good anti-virus program, which we keep updated daily, that caught them; hence, only a notice was sent that the message was denied delivery to our inbox due to a worm or virus.

Heed this warning. Sis


Also, here is a link to snopes.com this is a real virus. I know that I have received several of these, but luckily I haven't opened any of them.

http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/postcard.asp



WORST VIRUS EVER --- CNN ANNOUNCED





PLEASE

SEND THIS TO EVERYONE ON YOUR CONTACT LIST!!

A new virus has just been discovered that has been classified by Microsoft as the most destructive ever. This virus was discovered yesterday afternoon by McAfee . This virus simply destroys Sector Zero from the hard disk, where vital information for its functioning are stored.
This virus acts in the following manner:
It sends itself automatically to all contacts on your list with the title:
" A Card for You".

As soon as the

supposed virtual card is opened the computer freezes so
that the user has to reboot. When the ctrl+alt+ del keys or the reset button are pressed, the virus destroys Sector Zero, thus permanently destroying the hard disk. Yesterday in just a few hours this virus caused panic in New York , according to news broadcast by CNN.

This alert was received by an employee of Microsoft itself.
So don't open any mails with subject: "A Virtual Card for You." As soon as you get the mail, delete it !! Even if

you know the sender !!!

Please pass this mail to all of your friends.

Forward this to everyone in your address book. I'm sure most people, like myself, would rather receive this notice 25 times than not at All

Thanks for the heads up.. just sent it to my list of people.

I must get 15 a day of these emails. One of the first ones I received said Postcard from a classmate. Like a dummy I clicked the link and got a virus. I was soooo mad at myself as I know better but my highschool reunion is coming up and I have been getting alot of emails from old classmates and thought it was from one of them.

i get them too and just delete them because most of my old classmates im not in contact with and these were in my bulk mail so I knew they were spam/ nothing good. so i just delete them

Also been getting a bunch of these. From a friend, class mate or family member. Just delete them all!