Big Computer VIRUS out there!!

[Welly]

My IT subbie has just alerted me to this:

........Hi All, I checked with Norton Anti-Virus, and they are gearing up for this virus! I checked Snopes (URL above), 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' a whole in the hard drive 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 Boot Sector of the Hard Drive, where the vital information is kept.

Snopes lists all the names it could come in.

[steve_earwig]

Mostly hogswill.

[Welly]

Oh well, I thought it was strange maybe my IT man needs to "get with it"

[teamster1975]

There are loads of these hoaxes going around all the time, it's easy to get swept up in it Welly!

[Welly]

....But I feel so ashamed

[teamster1975]

Don't be daft

[steve_earwig]

Better to say something and be wrong than to say nothing and be wrong...

[mjb]

If you're concerned about viruses just subscribe to one of the many mailing lists run by antivirus vendors and keep yourself happy with the several new malware strains they discover every day...

[teamster1975]

If you're concerned about viruses just subscribe to one of the many mailing lists run by antivirus vendors and keep yourself happy with the several new malware strains they discover every day...

Ah yes, the daily Sophos report
I've got a couple of customers that panic every time something new is announced even though the AV is updating hourly

[darrenwall]

i just been informed about this virus -

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please dont become a victim of it