They don't scare me, I just never open attachments unless I recognize the
file extension, almost never open links in emails unless I *know* it's good
and throw away all those virus warnings and the emails verifying my email
address some people use as spam guard and use a real virus scanner instead
of that free peace of crap that finds what's not there and not what is, and
I've been good, (knock on wood) for about 9 years since I got one. The one
time I got one I'd been online about 6 months and didn't know any better
about attachments, after a format and a 2 week fight with the idiots at dell
about why my modem driver wouldn't install, I was all set.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 11:21 PM
Subject: Re: a real virus validated by snopes
> 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
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
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