New email virus warning IMPORTANT

[Claverhouse]

Dunno if it's really important or not, but I just received a warning:

'If you receive an e-mail which says :''A card for you'' - DO NOT open it, merely delete at once. I am told it is an extremely dangerous virus which causes severe damage to your hard drive.'




Claverhouse :ph34r:

[Utopmk]

Thanks Claverhouse. :)

[indie]

My gmail account has been receiving an extraordinary amount of spam lately, and I've been trying to figure out from where it came.

TY Claverhouse.

[garak]

My gmail account has been receiving an extraordinary amount of spam lately, and I've been trying to figure out from where it came.

TY Claverhouse.
Not much point in figuring out where it comes from. It comes from everywhere and nowhere. You'll never evade it.

[indie]

Of course not, garak, but that "headline" sounds like something I might accidentially click. The spam has become so terrible that it's a bit hard to tell.

[Utopmk]

My gmail account has been receiving an extraordinary amount of spam lately, and I've been trying to figure out from where it came.


I use one account primarily for spam and filling out forms that require email.

[indie]

I use one account primarily for spam and filling out forms that require email.

Same here, Utopmk. That's why I'm trying to figure out where the spam is coming from . .. my gmail account is not the one I use for filling out forms that require email. :)

[Warrior413]

I never open any email that sounds even remotely friendly.

[Napoleon]

I just never open anything i recieve trough e-mail.

But thx for the warning

[snarled]

Hmmm....is this the "dangerous" one in question?


http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/card.asp

[Claverhouse]

Hmmm....is this the "dangerous" one in question?


http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/card.asp
Dunno, a bunch of nazis sent me the warning ( and if you think I wouldn't accept advice from Stalin or Mao to protect my hard drive, you're wrong ), but I'd recommend everyone to visit that page since it has a swagger picture of Patsy Kensit.



Claverhouse :ph34r:

[Edmond Zedo]

What's email? My mom gave me a 'puter for Christmas.

[Ascending]

The "Virtual Card for You" hoax (now often circulated simply as a "A Card for You") has been making the rounds in various languages since at least 2000, with occasional changes along the way. No such (incurable) virus ever existed, was identified by McAfee, was reported on by CNN, or "caused panic in New York."

I was automaticly skeptical when I read "severe damage to your hard drive".

I have yet to hear of a virus that can cause physical damage to your computer. Although I have admittedly not looked for one. :whistle:

[ohnoaninfp]

Thank You!

[Claverhouse]

I was automaticly skeptical when I read "severe damage to your hard drive".

I have yet to hear of a virus that can cause physical damage to your computer. Although I have admittedly not looked for one. :whistle: Not physical, more spiritual: destroying not the mere bodily shell, but the mind and soul. If you've never heard of hard drives being reformatted, either causing all the information to be lost --- I'm OK at drive recovery, but you never get it all back --- or 'even attack the hard drive itself so that it will no longer work and needs replacing (http://xtra.co.nz/help/0,,11743,00.html).' I congratulate you.

Also you may be blase about losing all your data: other's get more protective. Actually, theoretically it is just possible to physically damage your computer using code, destroying the MB rather than the HD; see: Glossary H (http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/glossary.aspx#H), but there's absolutely no point in fearing something so unlikely; besides which your hard disk would still be OK.


On a time-line of virus history, this was pretty amusing: 'Anti-virus companies worried nobody would need them anymore because of Windows 95.' That is funny on so many levels.



Claverhouse :ph34r:

[Warrior413]

Dunno if it's really important or not, but I just received a warning:

'If you receive an e-mail which says :''A card for you'' - DO NOT open it, merely delete at once. I am told it is an extremely dangerous virus which causes severe damage to your hard drive.'




Claverhouse :ph34r:

I'm half-tempted to send an e-mail titled that, just to see if you'd open it.