[JAWSLite] FW: [techexchange] Re: info

Caution is the best medicine.

-----Original Message-----
From: techexchange-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:techexchange-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Flament
Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 9:06 AM
To: techexchange@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [techexchange] Re: info

Hello All,
This virus may just be a hoax.   Snopes.com has it as their number 2 top
email hoax.  Below is some info from About.com about the POSTCARD virus.
HOWEVER, Sharon is right about Snopes.com.  Also according to Snopes.com
there is a virus going around saying you have received a postcard or
greeting card from a family member and asking you to follow a link which
launches a virus.  You can never be too careful.

About:computer virus warningse-cardsvirus hoaxes
'POSTCARD' Virus Hoax
Netlore Archive: False email alert warns of 'the worst virus ever'
circulating in the form of an attachment labeled 'POSTCARD'
Description: Email hoax
Circulating since: Feb. 2008 (this version)
Status: False

David Flament, M.S.
Manager of Adaptive Technology Services
Guild for the Blind
180 N. Michigan Ave.
Suite 1700
Chicago, IL=A0 60601
(312) 236-8569
davidf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.guildfortheblind.org/
=A0

-----Original Message-----
From: techexchange-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:techexchange-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of sharon howerton
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 7:24 PM
To: shrnhow@xxxxxxx
Subject: [techexchange] info

I received the message below concerning a virus and do not know if it is =

accurate or not.

Subject: BIG VIRUS COMING


versity College BIG VIRUS COMING



http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/postcard.asp

                 Hi All, I checked with Norton Anti-Virus, and they are=20
gearing up for this virus!
                 I checked Snopes (URL above:), and it is for real!!

                 Get this E-mail message sent around to your contacts =
ASAP.

PLEASE FORWARD THIS WARNING AMONG FRIENDS, FAMILY AND C ONTACTS!< /FONT>

                 You should be alert during the next few days. Do not =
open=20
any message with an attachment entitled 'POSTCARD,' regardless of who =
sent=20
it
to you. It is a virus which opens A POSTCARD IMAGE, which 'burns' the =
whole=20
hard disc C of your computer.

                 This virus will be received from someo ne who has your=20
e-mail address in his/her contact list. This is the reason why you need =
to=20
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' POSTCARD,' even though =
sent=20
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=20
classi fied by Microsoft as the most destructive virus ever. This virus =
was=20
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=20
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.

    & nbsp;            Snopes lists all the names it could come in.
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