Matt,

It is indeed just like all the other virus scares.  When you get it, it
scares the crap out of you and you are afraid to even touch your computer
case.  I had a friend who got a virus years ago on his computer and he said
he came so close to having a for real heart attack, he couldn't believe it.

Phil.
K0NX



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "matt v" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 8:56 PM
Subject: Re: a real virus validated by snopes


> sounds exactly like all the other viruses doesnt it?one thing i dont get,
> how can one be the worst if they all do the same thing?
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 9:47 PM
> Subject: Re: a real virus validated by snopes
>
>
> > If you don't open it, how can shutting down the computer do anything to
> > protect the hard drive, I wonder?  I'm on the Snopes mailing list but
> > Snopes
> > doesn't validate everything I hear just because they are Snopes.  Right?
> > Or
> > am I seeing something wrong here?  I mean, if you don't open something
> > with
> > the virus, how can you get it?  One way is by clicking on the URL you
are
> > given that validates Snopes is warning you it is true.  I wouldn't touch
> > that link with a ten foot pole.
> >
> > Phil.
> > K0NX
> >
> >
> > Phil.
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Barbara Lombardi" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 7:19 PM
> > Subject: a real virus validated by snopes
> >
> >
> >> Just received this and it is real.
> >> 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.
> >>
> >> see:   <http://snopes.com/computer/virus/postcard.asp>
> >> http://snopes.com/computer/virus/postcard.asp
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks. --Barb
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > -- 
> > No virus found in this incoming message.
> > Checked by AVG Free Edition.
> > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.21.1/1299 - Release Date:
2/26/2008
> > 9:08 AM
> >
> >
>
>