[CGUYS] Postcard virus

2009-08-27 Thread Jordan
Has anyone gotten a warning or seen anything about the Postcard virus? A friend of mine forwarded a big panic about not opening anything in an email entitled Postcard. As a Mac user I guess getting emails like this are the greatest threat. Here's what it says: *checked with Norton Anti-Virus,

Re: [CGUYS] Postcard virus

2009-08-27 Thread Tony B
If you really looked this up at Snopes, you sure didn't read very well. If you trusted _someone else_ to look it up at Snopes and read it, shame on you. http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/postcard.asp Although the Postcard virus is real, it isn't a BIG VIRUS COMING (it's already been around in

Re: [CGUYS] Postcard virus

2009-08-27 Thread mike
http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_postcard_virus.htm On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 2:25 PM, Jordan jor17...@gmail.com wrote: Has anyone gotten a warning or seen anything about the Postcard virus? A friend of mine forwarded a big panic about not opening anything in an email entitled Postcard.

Re: [CGUYS] Postcard virus

2009-08-27 Thread Jeff Wright
It's an old hoax. Consider getting a new friend. On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 5:25 PM, Jordanjor17...@gmail.com wrote: Has anyone gotten a warning or seen anything about the Postcard virus? A friend of mine forwarded a big panic about not opening anything in an email entitled Postcard. As a Mac

Re: [CGUYS] Postcard virus

2009-08-27 Thread Jordan
Tony B wrote: If you really looked this up at Snopes, you sure didn't read very well. If you trusted _someone else_ to look it up at Snopes and read it, shame on you. http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/postcard.asp I didn't say I looked it up at Snopes or anywhere else. I would have no

Re: [CGUYS] Postcard virus

2009-08-27 Thread mike
Kind of ironic..the mac guys are more worried then pc guys. On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 3:38 PM, Jordan jor17...@gmail.com wrote: Tony B wrote: If you really looked this up at Snopes, you sure didn't read very well. If you trusted _someone else_ to look it up at Snopes and read it, shame on

Re: [CGUYS] Postcard virus

2009-08-27 Thread Richard P.
Always looking up these things on Snopes before believing or forwarding (or in many cases, reading), is a great idea. Over the years, I think I've only seen one warning that was actually legitimate. Snopes has helped keep me safe, as well as keeping me from embarrassing myself with my friends.

Re: [CGUYS] Postcard virus

2009-08-27 Thread t.piwowar
On Aug 27, 2009, at 7:04 PM, mike wrote: Kind of ironic..the mac guys are more worried then pc guys. WFBs can't detect that they are being mocked. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy

Re: [CGUYS] Postcard virus

2009-08-27 Thread Jordan
t.piwowar wrote: WFBs can't detect that they are being mocked. Shh! * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/

Re: [CGUYS] Postcard virus

2009-08-27 Thread Fred Holmes
I've received many of them for some time now, several months, I think. They never specify a sender, so I am suspicious and don't open them. If I turn my virus checker on (which slows my machine down), it always reports them as viruses and quarantines them. I just erase them. Fred Holmes At