paul w Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 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 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MattyCD Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 why tell people not to accept emails from their friends even though they look innocent, then tell us to pass this message on in emails! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paul w Posted October 1, 2008 Author Share Posted October 1, 2008 If you readit it tells you not to open a HALL MARK POSTCARD email It may be a hoax but better to be safe than sorry Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MattyCD Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 yeah but who's to say a virus won't be created and passed around with people thinking its a warning about these viruses? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BenV Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 wow sounds serious. better post this up on jcc Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MattyCD Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 lad at work was on about this today, he said he just keeps getting popups for poker etc Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ste91 Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 tbh aslong as you don't open any unknown emails and regularly scan your computer for viruses/spyware/trojans/other shit then you'll be fine.CCleaner = recommended program for clearing shit off the computer, I always run it before I shut the computer down, takes a few seconds, oh and it's free. It doesn't scan the computer for viruses or spyware or anything, it just clears all the shit off your computer (internet history for example) which is where things like spyware usually are. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GeeUK Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 FAKE.http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_postcard_virus.htm Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedFreak Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 Facebook has a virus going round too. An email keeps getting sent from people automatically without them knowing and it does the same as what was said above.Bloody things Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kara GTT Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 lad at work was on about this today, he said he just keeps getting popups for poker etcTell him to get a pop-up blocker then Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dave-gtturbo Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 FAKE.http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_postcard_virus.htmPerfectly put Gee... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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