Announcement: Warning new virus

[jlseymour]

My Sister lives in Germany and has a condo in Panama City FL and received this from the management...
Jerry
--- On Wed, 5/12/10, Bernard Jean <bjean@resortquest.com> wrote:


From: Bernard Jean <bjean@resortquest.com>
Subject: New Computer Virus
To: "Pepe " <pepelefrenchy151@aol.com>, "Chris" <Cheav80210@bellsouth.net>
Date: Wednesday, May 12, 2010, 10:09 AM


FYI TO ALL. I would rather be safe than sorry.

Dave's brother is a very advanced programmer who does computer work for a living and has a high up status with Microsoft. He doesn't send these if they aren't real. If he says this is for real, it for sure is. Be aware.

VIRUS COMING !


Hi All


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 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 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







Bernard

Bernard P. Jean

Manager - Safety and Security

Tidewater Beach Resort Association, Inc.

ResortQuest Northwest Florida . LLC.

850-636-8013 PHONE

850-233-1948 FAX

bjean@resortquest.com

www.resortquest.com

 

[Peter E]

Thanks for the "heads up" Jerry.

It is sad that there are those with exceptional computer skills that take pleasure in causing hardship to others!

 

[txtwang]

Always check Snopes....
http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/postcard.asp
"Mixture of real virus and hoax"
jg

 

[Sam]

I checked Snopes.com and found this about the virus: http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/postcard.asp

In summary, Snopes says in the link above:

"Although the Postcard virus is real, it isn't a "BIG VIRUS COMING" (it's already been around in multiple forms for a long time now), it will not "burn the whole hard disc" of your computer, CNN didn't classify it as the "worst virus" ever, and it doesn't arrive in messages bearing a subject line of 'Invitation.'"

You can't be to careful, that's for sure! Thanks for the heads-up, Jerry.