[Spooks] BAD Virus --CNN announced--snopes confirms as real

[Zack Widup]

I haven't seen one of these in a while.  I received a bunch of them a 
couple months ago.

According to Snopes, this surfaced back in June:

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

The quote below doesn't say when "yesterday" was that it was discovered. 
It was probably back in June. Nonetheless, it might still be going around 
so be cautious and keep your virus defs. up to date.

73, Zack W9SZ

On Wed, 29 Aug 2007, Jochen Schäfer wrote:

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>> Hello list memmers,
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> usually, we don't bring such news, but I think, in this case it is necessary 
> to protect our computers in our own interest.
>
> Here is a news from CNN, which I got from a member of our ENIGMA2000 numbers 
> list. I am also a member of Spooks, and so I will inform you too.
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>> 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.
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> Best regards
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> Jochen Kopf
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