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||§§||Hand_O_Death
07-11-2008, 04:01 PM
I just got this from my mom after she researched it. Be careful guys



I have verified this with snopes.com

http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/postcard.asp
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> Take Heed--PLEASE READ
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> This if from Craig's tech Allen. I trust him. PLEASE
READ
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> Subject: FW: [Fwd: Big Computer Virus Coming! Heads
Up!]
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> Hi All, I checked with Norton Anti-Virus, and they
are gearing up
> For this virus!
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> I checked Snopes (URL above:), and it is for real!!
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> Get this E-mail message sent around to your contacts
ASAP.
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> PLEASE FORWARD THIS WARNING AMONG FRIENDS, FAMILY AND
CONTACTS!
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> 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.
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> If you receive a mail called' POSTCARD,' even though
sent to you by
> a
> friend, do not open it! Shut down your computer
immediately.
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> 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
>
> Snopes lists all the names it could come in.

||§§||RENÔTŠΩ
07-11-2008, 04:16 PM
?? what so hallmark is going to try to take everyone out. i knew it lol. but so this is for real everyone is going to get some sort of ecard or whatever and its going to screw ur computer up. so what if u just delete everything that comes to your email u would avoid it all together?

||§§||kafrosGR
07-11-2008, 04:23 PM
whats this i cant understand....? O.o

||§§||Reign
07-12-2008, 01:12 AM
Sorry but I never open that Crap
any ways. DELETE!!!!!! All the way!

||§§||po1s3n
07-13-2008, 09:46 AM
yeah, one, I'm too much of an arrogate teenager to send or open e cards, and i delete anything that isn't from someone i know.