Greetings all, Before you start getting all excited about the latest virus hoax, try checking the following URL's. Then, if you find the scare to be genuine, pass the message along.
http://www.netsquirrel.com/combatkit/ http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACHoaxes.html#identify http://www.kumite.com/myths/home.htm http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/HBOtherHoaxPages.html Please, get wise, stop being a newbie, check it out! If you don't want to go to the URL's listed above, spend two minutes on Google. Those two minutes will save you time, effort and aggravation and stress. They will also save your friends time, aggravation and stress. Here's what I found in two minutes on Google! Shoot folks, that's how come Google's stock is growing so fast! read this. Here's the URL if you want further info. http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/virtual.card.for.you.html | | ||||technical details |||| | | ||||Numerous variants in several languages of this|||| | | ||||hoax have been circulated. The Virtual Card |||| | | ||||for You is a hoax that should be |||| | | ||||ignored. Several examples of these hoaxes are |||| | | ||||as follows: |||| | | ||||English |||| | | ||||Example 1 |||| | | ||||Virus Alert VIRUS WARNING To ALL INTERNET |||| | | ||||USERS: |||| | | ||||A new virus has just been discovered that has |||| | | ||||been classified by Microsoft |||| | | ||||(www.microsoft.com) and by McAfee |||| | | ||||(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. |||| | | ||||Please distribute this message to the greatest|||| | | ||||number of people possible. Yesterday in just a|||| | | ||||few hours this virus caused panic in New York,|||| | | ||||according to news broadcast by CNN |||| | | ||||www.cnn.com). This alert was received by an |||| | | ||||employee of Microsoft itself. |||| | | ||||Example 2 |||| | | ||||PLEASE ADVISE EVERYONE YOU KNOW |||| | | ||||Subject: A new virus has just been discovered |||| | | ||||that has been classified by Microsoft ( |||| | | ||||www.microsoft.com ) and by McAfee |||| | | ||||(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 (www.cnn.com ). |||| | | ||||This alert was received by an employee of |||| | | ||||Microsoft itself. |||| | | ||||So don't open any mails with subject |||| | | ||||"A Virtual Card for You". |||| | | ||||As soon as you get the mail, delete it. |||| | | ||||Please pass on this mail to everyone you know.|||| | | ||||Example 3 |||| | | ||||ATENTION TO THIS WARNING... |||| | | ||||It just have been discovered a new virus that |||| | | ||||was clasified by MICROSOFT and by MCAFEE as |||| | | ||||the biggest destroyer of all times. This virus|||| | | ||||was discovered |||| | | ||||yesterday afternoon by MCAFFE and a vaccine |||| | | ||||for this virus is not found yet. It just |||| | | ||||destroy the 0 track of hard drive where the |||| | | ||||vital information for |||| | | ||||its FUNctionality. |||| | | ||||It works as follows: |||| | | ||||1- It sends itself by Internet with the |||| | | ||||subject "A VIRTUAL CARD FOR YOU". |||| | | ||||2- Locks the computer, so user must reboot it.|||| | | ||||3- At the moment that the keys CTRL-ALT-DEL or|||| | | ||||RESET are pressed, it destroy the 0 track and |||| | | ||||the hard drive for ever. |||| | | ||||Please distribute this email to as many people|||| | | ||||as possible, in some hours of yesterday this |||| | | ||||virus caused panic in NEW YORK as CNN said. |||| -- Ann K. Parsons email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WEB SITE: http://home.eznet.net/~akp "All that is gold does not glitter. Not all those who wander are lost." JRRT
