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

[Christian...]

Well, it depends when this "warning" was published. If you have an 
update antivirus program and a firewall you can completley ignore these 
kind of messages. It takes often just a few hours for the security 
companies to publish new antivirus updates.

/Chris

Jochen Schäfer skrev:
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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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