Danger Warning! Possible computer virus comming.

[Lizard-Prince]

Hello folks! Just to notify about an email in my yahoo account that came thru from my brothers aunt. She got it from a trusted sorce and its been going around.. I don't know more about it except from this portion of my email I copy paste for your convinience. Please be carefull my friends it doesn't hurt to be safe... your buddy Ralph

I checked with Norton Anti-Virus, and they are gearing up for this virus!
I checked Snopes, and it is for real. Get this E-mail message sent
around to all your contacts ASAP.

PLEASE FORWARD THIS WARNING AMONG YOUR 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 drive of your computer.

This virus will be received from someone who has your e-mail address
on his/her contact list. That 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 if it is 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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[RGINN]

Thanks for the heads up. I notice all the capital letters, which usually are a good indicator of an internet Urban Legend.

 

[Timberwolf]

This may help.

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

 

[GunFarce]

I got a whole rash of these 'Hallmark' things about 6 -12 months ago.. I never open ANY attachments anyway.. E-cards are a major source of spam.. Send one to somebody, and you have just given that website a 'live' email address. 'Live' email addresses collected by these websites are sold to spam peddlers who are glad to pay for them. Just another source of income for the e-card industry..

Now pardon me while I go talk to Umgumbo in Nigeria who by the way, has promised to make me RICH!!!

 

[DigginThePast]

I got a whole rash of these 'Hallmark' things about 6 -12 months ago.. I never open ANY attachments anyway.. E-cards are a major source of spam.. Send one to somebody, and you have just given that website a 'live' email address. 'Live' email addresses collected by these websites are sold to spam peddlers who are glad to pay for them. Just another source of income for the e-card industry..

Now pardon me while I go talk to Umgumbo in Nigeria who by the way, has promised to make me RICH!!!

Don't move in on my meal ticket buster!

 

[Zephyr]

My CD-ROM drive just fried itself today.
I blame the DMV website I had to visit earlier....

 

[sniffer]

that's one of those things that I labeled JUNK 2 years ago. If people want me to receive a Hallmark card
hand it to me or send it through the mail

 

[Bum Luck]

This latest twist on the old Virus-is-coming email is a testament to human gullibility - sort of a Reverse IQ test.