Re: New computer virus HOAX
Posted by: amazinggraze <amazinggraze@...>
This is a hoax. Here is what the McAfee site says....
Virus Name:
A Virtual Card For You Hoax Date Added:11/16/00 11:16:45 AM
Virus Characteristics:
AVERT HOAX Notice!!
McAfee AVERT Labs would like to inform you of a new 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 hard drive being erased for opening
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.
Only by His merciful grace,
Marci
Amazing Graze Farms
http://www.amazinggrazefarms.faithweb.com/
He is no fool who gives up what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot
lose.
----- Original Message -----
From: "David & Deanna Haley" <dhaley@pinenet.com>
To: "AHomesteadHeaven" <HomesteadHeaven@weloveGod.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 10:05 AM
Subject: [HomeSteadHeaven] New computer virus annouced on the News - no
vaccine yet
From: wtreadaway
To: Subject: virus
Virus Alert. PLEASE READ .
A new virus has just been discovered that has been classified by
Microsoft
http://www.microsoft.com/) and by McAfee (http://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 (http://www.cnn.com). This alert was
received by an employee of Microsoft itself. So don't open any e-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.! !