[Povertybay] New "Postcard" Virus Threat

[Robert Miller]

Get this E-mail message sent around to your contacts ASAP.

You should be alert during the next few days. Do not open any message with
an attachment entitled 'POSTCARD,' or any number of other similar types of
card, regardless of who sent it to you. It is a virus which opens A POSTCARD
IMAGE, which can essentially destroy the data on your hard drive. 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,' or any of the variations listed on
the reference, 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.

See: http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/postcard.asp for more detail.

 

Be careful out there.

 

Bob

 

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