Un nouveau virus capable
de brûler le disque dur se propagerait sur Internet par
l'intermédiaire d'un courrier électronique intitulé
"You've received a Post Card from a Family member".
Just FYI I did verify it on snopes.
Snopes says its "real" - not a hoax
Here is a link to the snopes page: http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/postcard.asp
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/local/news-article.aspx?storyid=65961
PLEASE SEND THIS TO EVERYONE ON YOUR CONTACT LIST!!
A new virus has just been discovered that has
been classified by Microsoft as the most destructive
ever. This virus was discovered yesterday afternoon
by McAfee . This virus simply destroys Sector
Zero from the hard disk, where vital information
for its functioning is stored. This virus acts
in the following manner: It sends itself automatically
to all contacts on your address list with the
title:
'You've received a Post Card from a Family member'.
As soon as the supposed virtual card is opened
the computer freezes so that the user has to reboot.
When the ctrl + alt + del keys or the reset button
are pressed, the virus destroys Sector Zero, thus
permanently destroying the hard disk. Yesterday
in just a few hours this virus caused panic in
New York according to news broadcast by CNN. This
alert was received by an employee of Microsoft
itself.
So don't open any mails with subject: 'A Post
Card from ....... .' As soon as you get the mail,
delete it!! Even if you know the sender!!!
Please pass this mail to all of your friends.
Forward this to everyone in your address book.
I'm sure most people, like me, would rather receive
this notice 25 times than not at all.
