Virus
 

Subject: Fwd: [Fwd: Fw: VIRUS!!!!! Warning]
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 09:20:11 -0500

>
> I checked snopes.com , and it is for real!!
http://www.snopcom/computer/virus/postcard.asp >
>
> 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
'Invitation' OR ONE CALLED > 'POSTCARD,'
> regardless of who sent it to you. It is a
virus which > opens an Olympic Torch OR 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 'Invitation' 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 Z ero > 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. > Irish :sad:

Thanks Irish! I'll pass the word along. :nod:

Except the real link to the article on Snopes is http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/invitation.asp. And it's a hoax.

Don't believe everything you read.

Now, the link which is broken in your forwarded email, http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/postcard.asp, does talk of a real virus. Which, incidentally, has nothing to do with that shit you posted.

Good eye, Niege. These little details such as you've noted are the stuff of longer lasting security.
:cboy:
giddyup - clk ck.

Now that there are websites like Snopes to debunk these bogus scare emails, people are just adding 'I checked this on Snopes' into the email.

Also, when you get an email with a bunch of name dropping...



... that's a pretty sure sign it's bogus.

FYI

"Wolf?"

baaaaaaaaaa

Sorry for trying to help people!I should have known better! Irish :sad:
P.S.Everyone complains about members not posting,but when they post,to
help people,everything has to be checked first!

How does spam help me?!?

...Then again... Perhaps you are right...

Why would you want to think critically?

Why should you doubt what others say?

Why should you care if you are spreading lies?

Why not follow blindly like a sheep?


:ewe: