New Email Virus

I have been getting a lot of these "postcard emails" lately (seven yesterday).
DO NOT open them.
Please heed the warning below. I don't know if it is as bad as described, but I wouldn't take any chances.

Here is a link to the Snopes Page :
http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/postcard.asp

PLEASE SEND THIS TO EVERYONE ON YOUR CONTACT LIST!!

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:"A 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.
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. Even ifyou know the sender,
Please pass this mail to all of your friends.
Forward this to everyone in your address book.
I'm sure most people, like myself, would rather receive this notice 25 times than not at All

Complete List of Virus's on Snopes.com Click Here

Colin said...
I should correct my earlier comment...SOME of these do have avirus attacment requesting that you download the ecard. The majority don't have this, but are to be treated with the same caution and deleted.I have opened one of the infected ones on another pc which is not connected to the internet....it carries a Trojan which will replicate itself, and spread through emails. It will NOT zero your hard drive or boot sector.Again....simple advice, any mail from an unknown source DELETE

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This is Real - I checked!

1. Urban Legends Reference Pages: Mail Server Report •••• Information about the Mail Server Report mass-mailing worm. ...Hoaxes & Realities --> Mail Server Report Mail Server Report Virus: Mail Server Report. Example: [Collected via e-mail, 2006] Matson IT... ...have identified a new computer virus that arrives in an e-mail with the subject line "Mail Server Report". Outage Duration. None. Email services and... ...We have put filters in place to block future messages and have swept the e-mail system removing all messages that match the above description. Contact....%
Sat, 13 Jan 2007 12:27:44 GMT http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/mailserver.asp
(Thanks Jacki)

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