Friends-- if others besides Bib Gately have received this "warning"
note, please do NOT pass it on--it is a hoax, as explained in the
excerpt below from http://urbanlegends.about.com/
This one has been circulated before--it is SO EASY to check out these
things---please do so in the future.
From About.com:
The following is full text of one such email:
For your info:
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.
As with all such hoaxes, ignore it and
do not pass it along. To better
understand the damage hoaxes CAN cause,
check out the article, The Hoax
That Cried Virus. If you're still in
doubt as to whether a particular warning is
valid, post a message in the Forum for
feedback. If you want to help stymie
the spread of a hoax, check out the
Hoaxes and Myths section for tips and
info. Still can't find what your looking
for? Visit Urban Legends for an
exhaustive list of non-computer related
myths and hoaxes (and some that are
erroneous virus warnings).
--
Camilla Flintermann, former CG for Peter 83/70/55
Oxford, Ohio
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