nasty virus

[cantona7]

just been sent this by my it department

Please read the text below ? if you receive an email from POSTCARD please delete it as it is a Virus. Please do not open this email ? delete it straight away.



Thanks



Hi All, I checked with Norton Anti-Virus, and they are gearing up for this virus!
I checked Snopes (URL above:), 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! 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 BENEFIT ALL OF US

[Jaffa]

Although the original warning was a real virus, this has been around the block a good few times now and is a hoax.

NO antivirus company ever asks people to forward warnings as this is the way viruses are spread.

Your IT dept should know better than that.

Anything that says send this on is SPAM.

Postcard Image Virus Hoax (http://www.hoax-slayer.com/postcard-virus-hoax.shtml)

[cantona7]

cheer jaffa i would tell em but then they'll know i play on dk all day

and i don't want to do that now do i lol

[Jaffa]

cheer jaffa i would tell em but then they'll know i play on dk all day

and i don't want to do that now do i lol

pmsl...we can't be having that now.

[jfish]

just been sent this by my it department

Please read the text below ? if you receive an email from POSTCARD please delete it as it is a Virus. Please do not open this email ? delete it straight away.



Thanks



Hi All, I checked with Norton Anti-Virus, and they are gearing up for this virus!
I checked Snopes (URL above:), 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! 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 BENEFIT ALL OF US

the bit about zero sector makes me laught, Windows HAL will not allow this to happen, try it now, see if you can format your C drive and see what happens.