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Recived this email today please read and warn others., this is not a joke.

Hi All, I checked with Norton Anti-Virus, and they are 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 CONTACTS!
You should be alert during the next few days. Do not open any message
with an attachment entitled 'POSTCARD FROM HALLMARK,' regardless of who sent
it to you. It is a virus which opens A POSTCARD IMAGE, which 'burns' the
whole hard disc C 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 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 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 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 the 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

Cheers, Will watch out for that then

Thanks

Please check out this info from "Hoax Slayer" website. MGB
Commentary:
According to this emailed warning, a virus is currently being distributed that will destroy the hard drive on the infected computer and has been classified by Microsoft as the most destructive virus ever. The message claims that opening an email attachment named "POSTCARD" or "POSTCARD FROM HALLMARK", will open a postcard image that will "burn" the entire hard disk on the infected computer and destroy the disk's "zero sector".

However, the claims in the warning message are untrue. As explained later in the article, the warning is just a newer variant of older virus hoaxes that have circulated for several years. Unfortunately, this variant has gained completely undeserved credibility due to the following factors:
Since mid 2007, a series of malware emails that are disguised as eCard notification emails have been distributed. Some of these purport to be a postcard sent by a family member and include the word "postcard" in the subject line. Recipients who click a link in these bogus emails can unknowingly install malware on their computers. However, this malware is designed to steal information and give hackers access to the infected computer and does not destroy or damage the computer's hard disk. Since the goal of the criminals responsible for distributing this malware is to hijack the infected computer for their own nefarious purposes, their intention is certainly not to make it useless by destroying the hard disk.

Regrettably, because "postcard" is mentioned in both the real malware email and the bogus warning, many recipients have mistakenly concluded that the misinformation contained in the hoax email is genuine.

It is important to understand that the claims in the hoax email are in no way related to the real malware threat. Other than the reference to a postcard, the real malware threat and the fictional virus have nothing whatsoever in common.


This version of the email includes a link to an article on urban legend site, Snopes.com that provides information about the genuine malware threat discussed above. Snopes.com quite rightly lists the status of the threat as "Real".

Unfortunately, it seems that many recipients are clicking the link in the bogus email and, after glancing at the "Real" status of the article, falsely concluding that the information in the hoax email is factual. If they were to actually read the Snopes article rather than just look at the status indicator, they would very quickly realize that the information in the hoax message is totally unrelated to the genuine malware threat. In fact, the article quite clearly states that readers should not confuse the genuine threat with the old virus hoaxes.
Because of these factors, this hoax variant is spreading rapidly around the world and causing a great deal of confusion.

As the following example shows, this hoax email is just an altered version of the Olympic Torch Invitation Virus Hoax that began circulating in 2006:
You should be alert during the next days: Do not open any message with an attached filed called "Invitation" regardless of who sent it. It is a virus that opens an Olympic Torch which "burns" the whole hard disc C of your computer. This virus will be received from someone who has your e-mail address in his/her contact list, that is why you should 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 "invitation", though sent by a friend, do not open it and 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 the vital information is kept. SEND THIS E-MAIL TO EVERYONE YOU

The website the above came from is  www.hoax-slayer.com. It is an excellent website for finding out the truth behind many of these computer e-mails etc. and if you register with them, they will send you regular monthly e-mails debunking most of them and informing of the genuine ones as well
MGB

The website the above came from iswww.hoax-slayer.com.

One for the 'favorites' then MGB

I delete emails from people i dont know or any crazy titles i dont get as much spam as i used to thankfully.

Thats only cause you got half the family on your block list Gem as they send out all the cr@p such as the original post as they believe all the cr@p they get sent.

When will people realise that when they "SEND TO EVERYONE THEY KNOW" they are actually spreading a VIRUAL EMAIL which is all the rubbish is and thats is soul aim.