Hello all, I received the following email from my "freecycle" group. I only know what is written within it and can't confirm any thing but thought you should all be told about it at least. Cheers lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] Trust the boater but not his plank!
visit Low Impact Life Onboard www.lilo.org.uk -----Original Message----- From: (deleted by lee wells) Sent: 11 December 2008 14:01 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newburyfreecycle] PLEASE READ Don't know if this is a scam or not but thought it was worth posting to let people be aware. better safe than sorry, i suppose... NOT A JOKE !!! Hi 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 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
