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You've received a Hallmark e-Card = virus WARNING

Isn't that nice? Someone thought of you to send you the very best. Just delete it...it's a fake. You will get a virus.

A couple items to notice that it's a fake. First off, the spelling. It's received not RECIEVED.

And Hallmark will always tell you specifically who the card is from...it won't be addressed to you from a "friend" or "neighbor"

If you hover above the link that says click "here"... you will see that it doesn't have Hallmark.com in the address but an IP address with an .exe extension... that is bad. It will run a program on your computer immediately.

Hallmark Virus

On Hallmarks website you can contact them to report the incident and what else to do. Here's the warning posted on their website.

At first Norton Antivirus, didn't do anything to the virus. But when I download AVG free version, the virus was deleted and quarantined.

If you really meant something from the sender...they would of sent you a real card!!!

Posted by Bob Carney Licensed MD/PA Real Estate Agent on 01/30/2008 05:01 AM

Comments (27)

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27 Comments on You've received a Hallmark e-Card = virus WARNING

JAN

2008

It is amazing what people will do. Just don't open if you don't recognize the sender.

Bob-thanks for the great info....poor hallmark...also based on all my e-mail I have won every lottery out there..it seems according to my e-mail there is lots of money people want to give me....and better yet...someone has a crush on me....you gotta love it! I just hit delete...but I will make sure and not open...

I get stuff like this all the time. In never ceases to amaze me. Thanks for sharing !

Wait. If they spelled recieved wrong, that could have been me! I need the correct spelling of that word engraved on my tombstone.

Thanks for that post. That means it won't be long before my wife downloads me a new virus!

Thanks....those splogs.

Thanks Bob!

I have copied and will send out to my address book (hey! another reason to get my name in front of them).

Now it is a big, big thanks.

Happy Selling!

Tony

Come on Bob...you just heard about this? I knew of this like 6 months ago and even wrote a blog too...I lost my whole hard drive and had like 5 viruses on it..I should have known better. They were coming from so called Hallmark,ecards,and a couple of other fake names. This is really old news but I guess it is back again.

WOW...Neal that's right, I remember the hard drive incident. But I Forgot why. Kinda like the Communtiy Guidelines...always worth repeating.

Tony, thanks for the link love...I can send you the whole email and you can forward it to them...they will remember you forever.

Missy, worse than splogs...

Dennis, I thought it was from you (or Teresa Boardman) :) (and how do you think I got the virus...I know better not to open this stuff...nosy wives don't)

Melissa, you're welcome.

Midori, I give them your email when I need to claim my lottery. :)

Chris, me neither...

You know the rule....i before e except after c. Good to know.

Thanks so much for sharing--I shall do the same!!

Thanks for the heads up Bob. In the past I've fallen prey to some of this crap, though I'm a little bit smarter about things now.

I can't believe you clicked it. That move is something I would pull, but not Bob Carney. Come on, lead by example!

ah hem...Bob knows better... seem comment to dennis... :)

Jason, They keep getting more creative at ways to get into your info.

Thanks for the heads up Bob - I have AVG on the kids computer, works great.

Howdy Bob

Thank you for giving the AR community a heads up about this e-mail.

I got one of them in my e-mail but did not open it.

Have a good one

Dale

FEB

2008

Thanks for the warning, Bob. It's hard to know sometimes, but a good rule is to hit "delete" if there is any doubt.

FEB

2008

Hey Bob - { Bob here } Good god! Dont these virus guys ever use a spell checker? lol Is this what you had on your computer? Good info.

FEB

2008

Thanks for posting! Before risking opening my email, I googled "warning 'you've received a Hallmark E-Card!' " and your page came up at the top. Words like warning, beware, hoax & danger are some of my most used words at google, whether I'm checking about an email or a product I'm curious about. :)

FEB

2008

You're quite welcome. glad it helped.

APR

2008

Bob, I have received numerous emails from Hallmark too and just deleted them. Too bad we have to go through that.

JUL

2008

Does anybody know if there is a fix for this virus or not?

AUG

2008

My husband just opened this email on my computer last night. He said he shut it down right afterwards because he suspected a virus. I am nervous to restart it now and need to know what to do once I have it on to erase the virus (if possible). Our current anti virus software expired so I know I will need to download something and am not sure if I can even get on the internet.

Please Help!!!

AUG

2008

I messed up and clicked on it now I have a virus -- how do I get rid of it?

Thanks

Tim

Try the links at the bottom of the post. Hallmark has a fix and AVG removed it for me. Good luck.

OCT

2008

It's great you're getting the word out there about this Hallmark virus, Bob!! Hundreds of people are still getting it everyday. I know because they come to my spyware blog looking for solutions. http://ducktoes.com/blog/2008/10/05/hallmark-card-virus-fixhallmark-card-virus-fix/ And you're right AVG free does fix it. Everyone should have AVG or another anti-virus on their computer all the time. And why not, there are free versions.

MAR

Ok, now i have the virus, how do I get rid of it?

OCT

These guys get smarter all the time-Amazes me

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