posted on February 27, 2001 05:20:39 PM new
I received this eMail today. Don't know if it's real or BS, but it's better to be prepared. Anybody heard of this before?
Virus Alert (This is not a joke)
A new virus has just been discovered that has been classified by
Microsoft ( www.microsoft.com ) and by McAfee ( www.mcafee.com) as the most
destructive ever!
This virus was discovered yesterday afternoon by McAfee and no vaccine
has yet been developed. 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 "A Virtual Card for You". 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 ( www.cnn.com ). This alert was received by an
employee of Microsoft itself. So don't open any mails with subject "A
Virtual Card for You". As soon as you get the mail, delete it. Please pass on this mail to all your friends.
Forward this to everyone in your address book. I would rather receive
this 25 times than not at all. Also: Intel announced that a new and very
destructive virus was discovered recently. If you receive an email called "An Internet Flower For You", do not open it. Delete it right away! This
virus removes all dynamic link libraries(.dll files) from your computer.
Your computer will not be able to boot up.
posted on February 27, 2001 08:40:17 PM new
Whenever you get a message telling you to forward it to everyone in your address book it's almost certainly a hoax.
posted on February 27, 2001 10:15:01 PM new
No offense ment to preacher, or anyone...here is a great one I recieved the other day....
Header was...**VIRUS**VIRUS**VIRUS
There is a very insidious virus making the rounds. It's a rapidly mutating virus, and therefore can appear in many different forms. As with most viruses, this one is designed to replicate and send copies of itself to everybody in your address book. This virus has two unique feature, though. First, it arrives as a simple e-mail message with no attachments -- just reading it is enough for you to become infected. Second, instead of automatically replicating and sending copies to everybody in your address book, it actually convinces YOU to do its dirty work instead.
It's called the "Gullibility" virus.
The actual text of the virus e-mail varies from strain to strain. Perhaps it will be an "inspirational" message or story. Or maybe it will be a warning about a non-existent virus, such as the "Budweiser Frog Screensaver". It could appear as a seemingly innocuous list of jokes. It has even been known to masquerade as a cookie recipe from Nieman-Marcus! But one thing all the strains have in common is that they all contain an instruction at the end to send copies of the e-mail to other people. Sometimes it's a simple command to "forward this to everyone in your address book". Other times, though, there's actually a threat: "If you don't send this e-mail along to 10 people within the next 10 minutes, something bad will happen to you". What type of inspirational message contains a threat at the end??? And yet, time and time again, people actually follow the instructions and send the message along to everyone they know.
The bad news is that none of today's anti-virus software has been able to entirely eliminate this virus, and so it keeps popping up. The good news, however, is that it is ridiculously easy to eliminate manually. Next time you get an e-mail that tells you to send a copy along to everybody you know, JUST DON'T DO IT!!!
Keith
I assume full responsibility for my actions, except
the ones that are someone else's fault.
posted on February 28, 2001 05:03:23 AM newubiedaman: Hey, I'm famous!
That e-mail you received actually contains the entire text of a post I made here on this very message board a week or so ago [and which I wrote from scratch]. It's kind of ironic to think that it is now making the e-mail circuit...
Barry
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