socks 32,253 Posted March 6, 2006 Report Share Posted March 6, 2006 WORST VIRUS EVER --- CNN ANNOUNCED 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 if you 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 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deako 0 Posted March 6, 2006 Report Share Posted March 6, 2006 Wow...actually got that one yesterday, but the spam filter caught it and fecked it off. IMO by far the best anti-virus is NOD32 (try a search)...never missed a virus yet. That said, NOD32 didn't flag this new one so I did a search and found this from 2002: http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/icard4u.html Safe! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rob reynolds uk 3 Posted March 6, 2006 Report Share Posted March 6, 2006 http://www.nod32.com.au/nod32/download/trial.htm Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deako 0 Posted March 7, 2006 Report Share Posted March 7, 2006 Thanks Rob, UK site version is here: http://www.nod32uk.com/download/trial.htm it really is an excellent antivirus and so much quicker than that Norton resource hogging shite! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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