New Virus Threat

[The Wookiee]

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.

 

[Scampi]

I didn't realise people still circulated these hoaxes

 

[Springal]

Rubbish..........................................

 

[Westdene Seagull]

Don't think you're right here. Nothing on the McAfee web site or the Sophos one. Given you claim McAfee discovered it yesterday I would expect both an announcement and a patch by now from them. Sophos are usually one of the fastest to release patches and there's nothing from them.

There was a similar virus discovered earlier in the year and it will be identified as Mal/Zapchas-A by Sophos and should be recognised by most decent virus checkers.

 

[Springal]

Hallmark thing has been going around for 10+ years, its just a normal virus, but any anti-virus program will pick it up, as it is that old....

 

[Gazwag]

'Postcard' or 'Postcard from Hallmark' Virus Hoax
False email alert warns of 'the worst virus ever' circulating in the form of an attachment labeled 'POSTCARD' or 'POSTCARD FROM HALLMARK.'
Description: Email hoax
Circulating since: Feb. 2008 (this version)
Status: False, although real e-card viruses do exist

 

[Biscuit]

This is the worst virus announced by CNN.

It has been classified by Microsoft as the most destructive virus ever... This virus simply destroys the Zero Sector of the Hard Disc, where the vital information is kept.

 

[supaseagull]

Have we time travelled back to 2005?

 

[mcshane in the 79th]

Have we time travelled back to 2005?

Closer to 1995 more likely.