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
>
>