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THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT WARNING**************

By Kathy Stanavitch

Real Estate Broker/Owner with RARITAN BAY REALTY LLC

May 16, 2008 11:52 PM

I held back back thinking this is not real but I got hit with that Mona thing a couple of months ago, it was an easy fix next to this

BIG virus coming

I checked with Norton Anti-Virus, and they are gearing up for this virus!

I checked snopes.com, this morning, and it is for real!!

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

PLEASE FORWARD THIS WARNING AMONG FRIENDS, FAMILY AND CONTACTS!

You should be alert during the next several weeks. Do not open any message with an attachment entitled 'POSTCARD,' regardless of who sent it to you.

It is a virus which opens A POSTCARD IMAGE, which 'burns' the whole hard disc (C drive) of your computer. This virus will be received from someone who has your e-mail address in his/her contact list. This is the reason why you need to and 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
to you by a friend, do not open it.! This includes all cards, too. 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 your 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.

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

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TeamCHI - Complete Home Inspections, Inc.

Complete Home Inspections, Inc. - Brentwood, TN

Home Inspectons - Nashville, TN area - 615.661.029

Kathy, thanks for the "heads up". I guess that there are people out there that really enjoy screwing up other peoples machines. Jerks! I'm being nice.

May 16, 2008 11:58 PM

Chip Jefferson

Gibbs Realty and Auction Company - Columbia, SC

I have a new PC and its well protected but one virus will cost me weeks in my work. I back up to a hard drive but if my drive gets fried Im out of biz.

May 17, 2008 12:05 AM

Michael Cole

CPG Tours - Corona, CA

Hi Kathleen,

Thank you for the warning. It’s very thoughtful of you. But I don’t know that it’s really all that serious. Below is a screenshot I just took off of Snopes.com page. (see bottom of page) http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/postcard.asp

May 17, 2008 12:17 AM

Steve Homer

The HBH Group (Keller Williams affiliate) - Round Rock, TX

It is scary out there amongst the Internetters! (Quoting a popular movie line of a few years ago) Everyone should have protection against the bad stuff!!!

May 17, 2008 12:53 AM

Mary Strang

Viroqua, WI

Thanks for the post, to look out for the Postcard virus, I have not heard of it. It is very scary to think of someone sitting alone somewhere, writing harmful code to destroy computers.

May 17, 2008 01:15 AM

Clint Miller

Real Estate Pipeline, Inc. - Missoula, MT

If you dont have anti-virus software that scans your hard drives and your inbound mail.....maybe you shouldnt own a computer. LOL!!!!!

May 17, 2008 01:19 AM

Valerie Osterhoudt

Johnson Real Estate, Inc. - Cromwell, CT

ABR, Cromwell, CT Real Estate ~ 860.883.8889

Kathleen.. Thank you for making us aware of this.. I'll make sure to pass this along to others.

May 17, 2008 01:20 AM

Mike Saunders

Retired - Athens, GA

This is from McAfee's hoax web page

Overview -

Avert Labs HOAX Notice!!

McAfee Avert Labs would like to inform you of an email HOAX.

This email message is just a HOAX, currently we know of no other message that the user will receive about the HOAX as the initial email states. AVERT has not received any report of a user's hardware being damaged by receiving the email.

We are advising users who receive the email to delete it and DO NOT pass it on as this is how an email HOAX propagates.

Below is the actual text from the message that may be received via email.

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 are stored.
This virus acts in the following manner:
It sends itself automatically to all contacts on your 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 myself, would rather receive this notice 25 times than not at All

These messages bear a strong resemblance to the messages associated with the 'Virtual Card for You' hoax.

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symantec (norton) does not list it on their recent threats or risks

May 17, 2008 02:12 AM

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