Fw: BEWARE

This comes from a reliable source. Please note and stay mindful at your keyboard. Best. Jerry L

BIG VIRUS COMING !!! PLEASE READ & FORWARD !!!

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

Hi All, I checked with Norton Anti-Virus, and they are gearing up for this virus!

I checked Snopes (URL above:), and it is for real!!

Get this E-mail message sent around to your contacts ASAP.

PLEASE FORWARD THIS WARNING AMONG FRIENDS, FAMILY AND CONTACTS!

You should be alert during the next few days. Do not open any message with an attachme nt entitled ‘POSTCARD FROM HALLMARK,’ regardless of who sent it to you. It is a virus which opens A POSTCARD IMAGE, which ‘burns’ the whole hard disc C of your computer. This virus will be received from someone who has your e-mail address in his/her contact list. This is the reason why you need to send this e-mail to all your contacts It is better to receive this message 25 times than to receive the virus and open it.

If you receive a mail called’ POSTCARD,’ even though sent to you by a friend, do not open it! Shut down your computer immediately.

This is the worst virus announced by CNN. It has been classified by Microsoft as the most destructive virus ever. This virus was discovered by McAfee yesterday, and there is no repair yet for this kind of virus. This virus simply destroys the Zero Sector of the Hard Disc, where the vital information is kept.

COPY THIS E-MAIL, AND SEND IT TO YOUR FRIENDS.

Snopes lists all the names it could come in.

[Martin Taylor 2008.07.01]

(Still alive, but busy and been travelling)

What Chuck didn't quote from Snopes <http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/postcard.asp&gt; was at the end of the page:
"Although the Postcard virus is real, it isn't a "BIG VIRUS COMING" (it's already been around in multiple forms for a long time now), it will not "burn the whole hard disc" of your computer, CNN didn't classify it as the "worst virus" ever", and higher in the page "Generally, only unpatched Windows-based systems are vulnerable".

I can't find any mention of it as either real or a hoax on the usual sites, but Snopes gives a lot of subject headings under which it travels.

Martin

Charles W. Tucker wrote:

···

I checked this out on Snopes; its real. Chuck

-----Forwarded Message-----
  

From: cmcphail@uiuc.edu
Sent: Jul 1, 2008 12:17 PM
To: granannie37@mac.com, gooseacre@comcast.net, smcphail@clsacc.org, rubykin@rcn.com, LordNivlac93@gmail.com, LstewBob@aol.com, ProfCWT@earthlink.net, els@uiuc.edu
Subject: BEWARE "POSTCARD" : Virus Warning

Hi All,

Sounds serious and reliably confirmed. Here is a synopsis but real the whole message below. Clark

PLEASE FORWARD THIS WARNING AMONG FRIENDS, FAMILY AND CONTACTS!
You should be alert during the next few days. Do not open any message with an attachment entitled 'POSTCARD FROM HALLMARK,' regardless of who sent it to you. It is a virus which opens A POSTCARD IMAGE, which 'burns' the whole hard disc C of your computer. This virus will be received from someone who has your e-mail address in his/her contact list. This is the reason why you need to send this e-mail to all your contacts It is better to receive this message 25 times than to receive the virus and open it. If you receive a mail called' POSTCARD,' even though sent to you by a friend, do not open it! Shut down your computer immediately.

Clark McPhail, PhD
Professor Emeritus
Dept of Sociology
U. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
    
------------------------------------------------------------------------

Subject:
Fwd: Virus Warning
From:
<burkhard@uiuc.edu>
Date:
Tue, 1 Jul 2008 10:20:46 -0500 (CDT)
To:
dcrummey@uiuc.edu, jrbarrett@uiuc.edu, mleff@uiuc.edu, j-love2@uiuc.edu, cmcphail@uiuc.edu

To:
dcrummey@uiuc.edu, jrbarrett@uiuc.edu, mleff@uiuc.edu, j-love2@uiuc.edu, cmcphail@uiuc.edu

This sounded pretty serious to me, and came from a reliable source on such things.

Cheers,

Chip

------------------------------------------------------------------------

Subject:
Virus Warning
From:
"Jerry M. Landay" <jerrylanday@cox.net>
Date:
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:44:36 -0400
To:
"Woodman, Sue" <sue@novel.necoxmail.com>, "Warren, Rich" <richwarren@mchsi.com>, "Van Doorn, John" <jvandoorn@nctimes.com>, "Sullivan, Sheila" <sheilasullivan1@insightbb.com>, "Sullivan, Jeremiah" <jdsacdis@uiuc.edu>, "Spindel, Carol" <cspindel@uiuc.edu>, "Smith, pat and sam" <rentz59@cox.net>, "Schreiber, Art" <blindart@samobile.net>, "Schneider, Martin L." <martinlschneider@aol.com>, "Ruggiero, Robert + Holly" <marigold@fullchannel.net>, "Rounds, Andrea" <fenfire@att.net>, "Rosenstein, Jay" <jrosenst@uiuc.edu>, "Redmont, Bernard" <redmont@bu.edu>, "Rea-Briskin, Christine" <reabriskin@hotmail.com>, "Prescott, Joan" <joanpt@hotmail.com>, "Pottle, Marty" <mpottle@martinthomas.com>, "Poole, Mary D." <Marypoole301@comcast.net>, "O'Connor, Joe" <joconnor@wrni.org>, "Moritz, Jim F." <jfmoritz@comcast.net>, "Mihaly, Eugene" <Eugene@mihaly.org>, "Medlock, Ann" <amedlock@giraffe.org>, "Matherly, Walter" <retlaw628@insightbb.com>, "Marschack, Megan" <mrmarshack@yahoo.com>, "Mark Stahl" <mcstahl3@cox.net>, "Mancieri, Paul" <paulm678347@aol.com>, "Magaziner, Suzanne" <smmagaziner@aol.com>, "Lester S. Hyman" <lshyman@aol.com>, "Landay, Stephen" <sblanday@aol.com>, "Kretzmann, Steve" <steve@priceofoil.org>, "Knowles, Frank" <frankknow@gmail.com>, "Kikta, Tammey" <kikta@uiuc.edu>, "Jamiel, Kurt" <kurtster4040@yahoo.com>, "Jagoe, Donald A." <DONALD.A.JAGOE@saic.com>, "Hood, Nancy" <nanhood@cox.net>, "Healey, Mary" <mary@holywater-gate.com>, "Gurnee, Hal" <h.gurnee@earthlink.net>, "Green, Lindsay" <lindsaygreen@cox.net>, "Gleason, Tom" <Abbott_Gleason@Brown.edu>, "Gallison, Ray" <repgallison@cox.net>, "Fox, David" <dfox@bway.net>, "Dechert, Richard L." <ldechert@webtv.net>, "Dean, Morton" <mortonndean@aol.com>, "Dean, Byron" <ByronDean@earthlink.net>, "Cumpston, Cope" <cumpston@uiuc.edu>, "Cromwell, Cara" <cara.cromwell@cox.net>, "Connor, Sean" <seanconnor@cox.net>, "Casten, Liane" <LCasten@sbcglobal.net>, "Carvalho, George" <george_carvalho@whitehouse.senate.gov>, "Burkhardt, Richard" <burkhard@uiuc.edu>, "Burke, Elayne" <chatelaineri@earthlink.net>, "Bredemeie, David" <bredemeier7@yahoo.com>, "Boerger, Kristina" <kboerger@barnard.edu>, "Bawtree, Victoria" <jv.bawtree@orange.fr>, "Aguiar, Artur" <Artur253@aol.com>, "Paley, Hiram" <paley@math.uiuc.edu>, "Paley, Jean" <paley.jean@gmail.com>

To:
"Woodman, Sue" <sue@novel.necoxmail.com>, "Warren, Rich" <richwarren@mchsi.com>, "Van Doorn, John" <jvandoorn@nctimes.com>, "Sullivan, Sheila" <sheilasullivan1@insightbb.com>, "Sullivan, Jeremiah" <jdsacdis@uiuc.edu>, "Spindel, Carol" <cspindel@uiuc.edu>, "Smith, pat and sam" <rentz59@cox.net>, "Schreiber, Art" <blindart@samobile.net>, "Schneider, Martin L." <martinlschneider@aol.com>, "Ruggiero, Robert + Holly" <marigold@fullchannel.net>, "Rounds, Andrea" <fenfire@att.net>, "Rosenstein, Jay" <jrosenst@uiuc.edu>, "Redmont, Bernard" <redmont@bu.edu>, "Rea-Briskin, Christine" <reabriskin@hotmail.com>, "Prescott, Joan" <joanpt@hotmail.com>, "Pottle, Marty" <mpottle@martinthomas.com>, "Poole, Mary D." <Marypoole301@comcast.net>, "O'Connor, Joe" <joconnor@wrni.org>, "Moritz, Jim F." <jfmoritz@comcast.net>, "Mihaly, Eugene" <Eugene@mihaly.org>, "Medlock, Ann" <amedlock@giraffe.org>, "Matherly, Walter" <retlaw628@insightbb.com>, "Marschack, Megan" <mrmarshack@yahoo.com>, "Mark Stahl" <mcstahl3@cox.net>, "Mancieri, Paul" <paulm678347@aol.com>, "Magaziner, Suzanne" <smmagaziner@aol.com>, "Lester S. Hyman" <lshyman@aol.com>, "Landay, Stephen" <sblanday@aol.com>, "Kretzmann, Steve" <steve@priceofoil.org>, "Knowles, Frank" <frankknow@gmail.com>, "Kikta, Tammey" <kikta@uiuc.edu>, "Jamiel, Kurt" <kurtster4040@yahoo.com>, "Jagoe, Donald A." <DONALD.A.JAGOE@saic.com>, "Hood, Nancy" <nanhood@cox.net>, "Healey, Mary" <mary@holywater-gate.com>, "Gurnee, Hal" <h.gurnee@earthlink.net>, "Green, Lindsay" <lindsaygreen@cox.net>, "Gleason, Tom" <Abbott_Gleason@Brown.edu>, "Gallison, Ray" <repgallison@cox.net>, "Fox, David" <dfox@bway.net>, "Dechert, Richard L." <ldechert@webtv.net>, "Dean, Morton" <mortonndean@aol.com>, "Dean, Byron" <ByronDean@earthlink.net>, "Cumpston, Cope" <cumpston@uiuc.edu>, "Cromwell, Cara" <cara.cromwell@cox.net>, "Connor, Sean" <seanconnor@cox.net>, "Casten, Liane" <LCasten@sbcglobal.net>, "Carvalho, George" <george_carvalho@whitehouse.senate.gov>, "Burkhardt, Richard" <burkhard@uiuc.edu>, "Burke, Elayne" <chatelaineri@earthlink.net>, "Bredemeie, David" <bredemeier7@yahoo.com>, "Boerger, Kristina" <kboerger@barnard.edu>, "Bawtree, Victoria" <jv.bawtree@orange.fr>, "Aguiar, Artur" <Artur253@aol.com>, "Paley, Hiram" <paley@math.uiuc.edu>, "Paley, Jean" <paley.jean@gmail.com>

*This comes from a reliable source. Please note and stay mindful at your keyboard. Best. Jerry L*
** BIG VIRUS COMING !!! PLEASE READ & FORWARD !!!

_http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/postcard.asp_
Hi All, I checked with Norton Anti-Virus, and they are gearing up for this virus!
I checked Snopes (URL above:), and it is for real!!
Get this E-mail message sent around to your contacts ASAP.
PLEASE FORWARD THIS WARNING AMONG FRIENDS, FAMILY AND CONTACTS!
You should be alert during the next few days. Do not open any message with an attachme nt entitled 'POSTCARD FROM HALLMARK,' regardless of who sent it to you. It is a virus which opens A POSTCARD IMAGE, which 'burns' the whole hard disc C of your computer. This virus will be received from someone who has your e-mail address in his/her contact list. This is the reason why you need to send this e-mail to all your contacts It is better to receive this message 25 times than to receive the virus and open it.
If you receive a mail called' POSTCARD,' even though sent to you by a friend, do not open it! Shut down your computer immediately.
This is the worst virus announced by CNN. It has been classified by Microsoft as the most destructive virus ever. This virus was discovered by McAfee yesterday, and there is no repair yet for this kind of virus. This virus simply destroys the Zero Sector of the Hard Disc, where the vital information is kept.
COPY THIS E-MAIL, AND SEND IT TO YOUR FRIENDS.
Snopes lists all the names it could come in.

There's that damned word "open" again. In this case, according to
Snopes.com, you can read the message without problems but you must not click
on the URL in the message. As far as I've ever heard, merely "opening" a
message can never get you a virus. Is that correct?

Ted

···

-----Original Message-----
From: Control Systems Group Network (CSGnet)
[mailto:CSGNET@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU] On Behalf Of Martin Taylor
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 3:56 PM
To: CSGNET@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU
Subject: Re: Fw: BEWARE

[Martin Taylor 2008.07.01]

(Still alive, but busy and been travelling)

What Chuck didn't quote from Snopes
<http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/postcard.asp&gt; was at the end of
the page:
"Although the Postcard virus is real, it isn't a "BIG VIRUS COMING"
(it's already been around in multiple forms for a long time now), it
will not "burn the whole hard disc" of your computer, CNN didn't
classify it as the "worst virus" ever", and higher in the page
"Generally, only unpatched Windows-based systems are vulnerable".

I can't find any mention of it as either real or a hoax on the usual
sites, but Snopes gives a lot of subject headings under which it travels.

Martin

Charles W. Tucker wrote:

I checked this out on Snopes; its real. Chuck

-----Forwarded Message-----
  

From: cmcphail@uiuc.edu
Sent: Jul 1, 2008 12:17 PM
To: granannie37@mac.com, gooseacre@comcast.net, smcphail@clsacc.org,

rubykin@rcn.com, LordNivlac93@gmail.com, LstewBob@aol.com,
ProfCWT@earthlink.net, els@uiuc.edu

Subject: BEWARE "POSTCARD" : Virus Warning

Hi All,

Sounds serious and reliably confirmed. Here is a synopsis but real the

whole

message below. Clark

PLEASE FORWARD THIS WARNING AMONG FRIENDS, FAMILY AND CONTACTS!
You should be alert during the next few days. Do not open any message

with an

attachment entitled 'POSTCARD FROM HALLMARK,' regardless of who sent it

to you.

It is a virus which opens A POSTCARD IMAGE, which 'burns' the whole hard

disc C

of your computer. This virus will be received from someone who has your

e-mail

address in his/her contact list. This is the reason why you need to send

this e-mail

to all your contacts It is better to receive this message 25 times than

to receive the

virus and open it. If you receive a mail called' POSTCARD,' even though

sent to you

by a friend, do not open it! Shut down your computer immediately.

Clark McPhail, PhD
Professor Emeritus
Dept of Sociology
U. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
    
------------------------------------------------------------------------

Subject:
Fwd: Virus Warning
From:
<burkhard@uiuc.edu>
Date:
Tue, 1 Jul 2008 10:20:46 -0500 (CDT)
To:
dcrummey@uiuc.edu, jrbarrett@uiuc.edu, mleff@uiuc.edu,
j-love2@uiuc.edu, cmcphail@uiuc.edu

To:
dcrummey@uiuc.edu, jrbarrett@uiuc.edu, mleff@uiuc.edu,
j-love2@uiuc.edu, cmcphail@uiuc.edu

This sounded pretty serious to me, and came from a reliable source on

such things.

Cheers,

Chip

------------------------------------------------------------------------

Subject:
Virus Warning
From:
"Jerry M. Landay" <jerrylanday@cox.net>
Date:
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:44:36 -0400
To:
"Woodman, Sue" <sue@novel.necoxmail.com>, "Warren, Rich"
<richwarren@mchsi.com>, "Van Doorn, John" <jvandoorn@nctimes.com>,
"Sullivan, Sheila" <sheilasullivan1@insightbb.com>, "Sullivan,
Jeremiah" <jdsacdis@uiuc.edu>, "Spindel, Carol" <cspindel@uiuc.edu>,
"Smith, pat and sam" <rentz59@cox.net>, "Schreiber, Art"
<blindart@samobile.net>, "Schneider, Martin L."
<martinlschneider@aol.com>, "Ruggiero, Robert + Holly"
<marigold@fullchannel.net>, "Rounds, Andrea" <fenfire@att.net>,
"Rosenstein, Jay" <jrosenst@uiuc.edu>, "Redmont, Bernard"
<redmont@bu.edu>, "Rea-Briskin, Christine" <reabriskin@hotmail.com>,
"Prescott, Joan" <joanpt@hotmail.com>, "Pottle, Marty"
<mpottle@martinthomas.com>, "Poole, Mary D."
<Marypoole301@comcast.net>, "O'Connor, Joe" <joconnor@wrni.org>,
"Moritz, Jim F." <jfmoritz@comcast.net>, "Mihaly, Eugene"
<Eugene@mihaly.org>, "Medlock, Ann" <amedlock@giraffe.org>,
"Matherly, Walter" <retlaw628@insightbb.com>, "Marschack, Megan"
<mrmarshack@yahoo.com>, "Mark Stahl" <mcstahl3@cox.net>, "Mancieri,
Paul" <paulm678347@aol.com>, "Magaziner, Suzanne"
<smmagaziner@aol.com>, "Lester S. Hyman" <lshyman@aol.com>, "Landay,
Stephen" <sblanday@aol.com>, "Kretzmann, Steve"
<steve@priceofoil.org>, "Knowles, Frank" <frankknow@gmail.com>,
"Kikta, Tammey" <kikta@uiuc.edu>, "Jamiel, Kurt"
<kurtster4040@yahoo.com>, "Jagoe, Donald A."
<DONALD.A.JAGOE@saic.com>, "Hood, Nancy" <nanhood@cox.net>, "Healey,
Mary" <mary@holywater-gate.com>, "Gurnee, Hal"
<h.gurnee@earthlink.net>, "Green, Lindsay" <lindsaygreen@cox.net>,
"Gleason, Tom" <Abbott_Gleason@Brown.edu>, "Gallison, Ray"
<repgallison@cox.net>, "Fox, David" <dfox@bway.net>, "Dechert,
Richard L." <ldechert@webtv.net>, "Dean, Morton"
<mortonndean@aol.com>, "Dean, Byron" <ByronDean@earthlink.net>,
"Cumpston, Cope" <cumpston@uiuc.edu>, "Cromwell, Cara"
<cara.cromwell@cox.net>, "Connor, Sean" <seanconnor@cox.net>,
"Casten, Liane" <LCasten@sbcglobal.net>, "Carvalho, George"
<george_carvalho@whitehouse.senate.gov>, "Burkhardt, Richard"
<burkhard@uiuc.edu>, "Burke, Elayne" <chatelaineri@earthlink.net>,
"Bredemeie, David" <bredemeier7@yahoo.com>, "Boerger, Kristina"
<kboerger@barnard.edu>, "Bawtree, Victoria" <jv.bawtree@orange.fr>,
"Aguiar, Artur" <Artur253@aol.com>, "Paley, Hiram"
<paley@math.uiuc.edu>, "Paley, Jean" <paley.jean@gmail.com>

To:
"Woodman, Sue" <sue@novel.necoxmail.com>, "Warren, Rich"
<richwarren@mchsi.com>, "Van Doorn, John" <jvandoorn@nctimes.com>,
"Sullivan, Sheila" <sheilasullivan1@insightbb.com>, "Sullivan,
Jeremiah" <jdsacdis@uiuc.edu>, "Spindel, Carol" <cspindel@uiuc.edu>,
"Smith, pat and sam" <rentz59@cox.net>, "Schreiber, Art"
<blindart@samobile.net>, "Schneider, Martin L."
<martinlschneider@aol.com>, "Ruggiero, Robert + Holly"
<marigold@fullchannel.net>, "Rounds, Andrea" <fenfire@att.net>,
"Rosenstein, Jay" <jrosenst@uiuc.edu>, "Redmont, Bernard"
<redmont@bu.edu>, "Rea-Briskin, Christine" <reabriskin@hotmail.com>,
"Prescott, Joan" <joanpt@hotmail.com>, "Pottle, Marty"
<mpottle@martinthomas.com>, "Poole, Mary D."
<Marypoole301@comcast.net>, "O'Connor, Joe" <joconnor@wrni.org>,
"Moritz, Jim F." <jfmoritz@comcast.net>, "Mihaly, Eugene"
<Eugene@mihaly.org>, "Medlock, Ann" <amedlock@giraffe.org>,
"Matherly, Walter" <retlaw628@insightbb.com>, "Marschack, Megan"
<mrmarshack@yahoo.com>, "Mark Stahl" <mcstahl3@cox.net>, "Mancieri,
Paul" <paulm678347@aol.com>, "Magaziner, Suzanne"
<smmagaziner@aol.com>, "Lester S. Hyman" <lshyman@aol.com>, "Landay,
Stephen" <sblanday@aol.com>, "Kretzmann, Steve"
<steve@priceofoil.org>, "Knowles, Frank" <frankknow@gmail.com>,
"Kikta, Tammey" <kikta@uiuc.edu>, "Jamiel, Kurt"
<kurtster4040@yahoo.com>, "Jagoe, Donald A."
<DONALD.A.JAGOE@saic.com>, "Hood, Nancy" <nanhood@cox.net>, "Healey,
Mary" <mary@holywater-gate.com>, "Gurnee, Hal"
<h.gurnee@earthlink.net>, "Green, Lindsay" <lindsaygreen@cox.net>,
"Gleason, Tom" <Abbott_Gleason@Brown.edu>, "Gallison, Ray"
<repgallison@cox.net>, "Fox, David" <dfox@bway.net>, "Dechert,
Richard L." <ldechert@webtv.net>, "Dean, Morton"
<mortonndean@aol.com>, "Dean, Byron" <ByronDean@earthlink.net>,
"Cumpston, Cope" <cumpston@uiuc.edu>, "Cromwell, Cara"
<cara.cromwell@cox.net>, "Connor, Sean" <seanconnor@cox.net>,
"Casten, Liane" <LCasten@sbcglobal.net>, "Carvalho, George"
<george_carvalho@whitehouse.senate.gov>, "Burkhardt, Richard"
<burkhard@uiuc.edu>, "Burke, Elayne" <chatelaineri@earthlink.net>,
"Bredemeie, David" <bredemeier7@yahoo.com>, "Boerger, Kristina"
<kboerger@barnard.edu>, "Bawtree, Victoria" <jv.bawtree@orange.fr>,
"Aguiar, Artur" <Artur253@aol.com>, "Paley, Hiram"
<paley@math.uiuc.edu>, "Paley, Jean" <paley.jean@gmail.com>

*This comes from a reliable source. Please note and stay mindful at
your keyboard. Best. Jerry L*
**
BIG VIRUS COMING !!! PLEASE READ & FORWARD !!!

_http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/postcard.asp_

Hi All, I checked with Norton Anti-Virus, and they are gearing up for
this virus!
I checked Snopes (URL above:), and it is for real!!
Get this E-mail message sent around to your contacts ASAP.
PLEASE FORWARD THIS WARNING AMONG FRIENDS, FAMILY AND CONTACTS!
You should be alert during the next few days. Do not open any message
with an attachme nt entitled 'POSTCARD FROM HALLMARK,' regardless of
who sent it to you. It is a virus which opens A POSTCARD IMAGE, which
'burns' the whole hard disc C of your computer. This virus will be
received from someone who has your e-mail address in his/her contact
list. This is the reason why you need to send this e-mail to all your
contacts It is better to receive this message 25 times than to
receive the virus and open it.
If you receive a mail called' POSTCARD,' even though sent to you by a
friend, do not open it! Shut down your computer immediately.
This is the worst virus announced by CNN. It has been classified by
Microsoft as the most destructive virus ever. This virus was
discovered by McAfee yesterday, and there is no repair yet for this
kind of virus. This virus simply destroys the Zero Sector of the Hard
Disc, where the vital information is kept.
COPY THIS E-MAIL, AND SEND IT TO YOUR FRIENDS.
Snopes lists all the names it could come in.