Virus Warning!

[George H. Smith]

This virus warning was posted today on the JazzWestCoast Yahoo list. I cannot testify to its veracity, but it seemed important enough to post on OL.

Subject: Virus Warning

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.

[George H. Smith]

It looks as if this warning is greatly exaggerated. For the skinny, see the Snopes report:

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

Ghs

[sbeaulieu]

George and all,

If you want official oversight, check out this site - US Computer Emergency Readiness Team. Also, checking with Symantec, McAfee or other legit security software companies is the best way to get your information from an accredited source. After all, it's their business and them staying on top of threats is what's kept them going.

When you see an e-mail that asks you to send that message to 25 other people, there's an alterior motive, and has nothing to do with helping you.

~ Shane

[Alfonso Jones]

It looks as if this warning is greatly exaggerated. For the skinny, see the Snopes report:

http://www.snopes.co...us/postcard.asp

Ghs

For many such messages, the message IS the virus - in that it provokes a cascade of folks forwarding the "warning."

Bill P

[BaalChatzaf]

Beware of chain letters and their evil twin, Ponzi Schemes.

Ba'al Chatzaf