[BITList] Fw: New Huge Computer Virus coming, (Snopes agrees)

[Colin Taylor]

you didn't check hard enough.......................

try again

colin t
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: David Harvey<mailto:bison at iinet.net.au> 
  To: Anne Morgan<mailto:anne at morganfamily.name> 
  Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 10:23 PM
  Subject: [BITList] Fw: New Huge Computer Virus coming, (Snopes agrees)




  I've checked it at snopes as well,  just in case the site below was a hoax/forgery, appears genuine.
   
  Dave
   
   

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  Subject: FW: New Huge Computer Virus coming]

  I'm unsure as to the veracity of this message but though I'd send it on just in case.

   

  Cheers. Harry Lucas

         

         

          > > http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/postcard.asp<http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/postcard.asp>
        > > <http://wwwsnopes.com/computer/virus/postcard.asp<http://wwwsnopes.com/computer/virus/postcard.asp>>
        > >
        > > 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 ope n 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!

         
       
               
              
             

       

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  No virus found in this incoming message.
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  Version: 7.5.549 / Virus Database: 270.9.0/1779 - Release Date: 11/10/08 7:53 AM




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