Guest guest Posted September 19, 2001 Report Share Posted September 19, 2001 > > A new virus/worm alert has been issued by CERT www.cert.org (Computer > Emergency Response Team). This is spreading rapidly and is now considered > very high risk. > **** Also this one. Not sure if it is the same thing, but infos were sent to me yesterday. Cristina -WA <<<<<<<<<<<<<< DO NOT OPEN ANYTHING WITH SUBJECT: " A Virtual Card for You. " OR " An Internet Flower For You " READ ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Subject: FW: Major Deadly Virus Alert!! >Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 09:31:06 -0400 > >Please take a moment to read this, it may save your computer. The bottom >line is... Don't open anything from an unknown source. > >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 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. 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. Please pass >this mail to all of your friends. Forward this to everyone in your address >book. I would rather receive this 25 times than not at all. Also: Intel >announced that a new and very destructive virus was discovered recently. >If you receive an email called " An Internet Flower For You, " do not open >it. Delete it right away! This virus removes all dynamic link libraries >(.dll files) from your computer. Your computer will not be able to boot up >!! >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 19, 2001 Report Share Posted September 19, 2001 At 08:32 PM 9/19/2001 +0000, you wrote: >**** >Also this one. Not sure if it is the same thing, but infos were sent >to me yesterday. Unfortunately, this is a virus hoax. These dilute the real dangers from viruses on the internet. Virus writers can use known hoaxes to their advantage. For example, AOL4FREE began as a hoax virus warning. Then somebody distributed a destructive trojan attached to the original hoax virus warning. If you feel that you have received a warning from a credible source, please check out one of the major antivirus software companies websites BEFORE you pass these things on. They all maintain hoax lists You should always encourage everyone who sends you this kind of stuff to verify it at Symantec or Mcafee before passing it along. (as I'm encouraging YOU to do ...) http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/venc/data/virtual.card.for.you.html Clues that this is a hoax are: 1. the number of !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 2. " SEND TO EVERYONE ON YOUR CONTACT LIST !! " 3. " been discovered that has been classified by Microsoft " Microsoft doesn't send out these types of warnings (especially since most viruses take advantages in bugs in Microsoft code and poorly written Microsoft software. ---------------------------------------------- Jay Bigam Marketing and Information Technology Manager Kinnikinnick Foods Inc. www.kinnikinnick.com Toll Free: 1- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 19, 2001 Report Share Posted September 19, 2001 At 03:07 PM 9/19/2001 -0600, you wrote: >At 08:32 PM 9/19/2001 +0000, you wrote: > > > >**** > >Also this one. Not sure if it is the same thing, but infos were sent > >to me yesterday. > > >Unfortunately, this is a virus hoax. I should have made it clear that the Internet Flower/Virtual Postcard was the hoax. The W32.Nimda.A.@mm is real and a significant threat. Please note that if you have updated virus definitions today, there is little risk so don't be overly afraid of this if you have done the updates. -------------------------------------------- Jay Bigam Marketing and Information Technology Manager Kinnikinnick Foods Inc. www.kinnikinnick.com Toll Free: 1- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 19, 2001 Report Share Posted September 19, 2001 > Unfortunately, this is a virus hoax. > Clues that this is a hoax are: > 1. the number of !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > 2. " SEND TO EVERYONE ON YOUR CONTACT LIST !! " > 3. " been discovered that has been classified by Microsoft " > > Microsoft doesn't send out these types of warnings (especially since most > viruses take advantages in bugs in Microsoft code and poorly written > Microsoft software. Jay Bigam > Marketing and Information Technology Manager > Kinnikinnick Foods Inc. > www.kinnikinnick.com > Toll Free: 1- ***** Jay, Forgive my ignorance, what does " hoax " mean? I am not familiar with the term. Does it mean " fake " , not real? Thanks, Cristina-WA PS I received the notice from my MIL, as usual: she fwds bunch of stuff. ***** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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