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Old December 18th, 2008, 21:35
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Hello All, this has been checked with Norton Anti-Virus, and they are gearing up for this virus! 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

This is a Serious message ..... Benny
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Old December 18th, 2008, 23:02
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Hi Benny,
There are such things but this is probably a hoax email originally.
It creeps out of the woodwork about this time every year ...
The golden rule is simply not to open anything you weren't expecting.

Anyone using Windows and Internet Explorer is at risk unless you get the update
sent out on autoupdate by Microsoft yesterday (17Dec08), there is a REAL threat
from infected websites affecting as far back as Win2000 machines and their server
systems, the patch fixes it.

Safe festive surfing everyone. And remember ... backups, backups, backups.

Cheers,
Steve.
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Old December 18th, 2008, 23:30
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Default Thanks Steve

Yes the other "Steve" and i were listening and talking about the Internet Explorer XP and 00 to 008 'patch' last night...
I think as long as your auto-security updates daily...you'll be ok, or just scan update security .......... thanks again benny
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