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Microsoft says thay have discovered worst virus ever??!!

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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 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
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EMAIL says that CNN announced this. Is this a hoax or true? I have to look into my sources that are in high places and see if it's true for myself. For now, don't open emails that say "A Virtual Card" for you.
 
anything that says either

CASH MONEY NOW (or bigger penis or something)
OR
OH NOESSS!!! CLICK HERE TO FIXOR YOUR COMPUTER

= hoax

besides, the capability for viruii to wipe hard drives, sector 0 and all has been around for decades
 
I'm sure most people, like myself, would rather receive this notice 25 times
than not at All
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Anything that says "People want to receive useless tripe over and over" can't be grounded in reality.

//edit: wow, and the hoax is over four years old now.
 
I would say that 99.9999% of emails that explain a new virus in this "Omg the sky is falling" manner are likely hoaxes. Moreso braught on by the "Be sure to forward this to everyone in your address book" part.
 
Never Ever EVER do anything an e-mail says to do if it starts this way:

"PLEASE SEND THIS TO EVERYONE ON YOUR CONTACT LIST !!"

I would rather take the almost impossible risk of my computer dying a horrible death because I missed some anouncement then have people continue to forward stuff to everybody in their frickin' contact list for years and years.
 
ComputerBox34 said:
OMG, this is a 5 year old hoax....so embarrassing
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Noob. ;)

Also along the lines of how to ID them, CNN doesn't report virii, places like AVERT and SARC do. It's also missing links, if it's on CNN, it should be linkable. Any alert worth anything will have linked information to trusted sites.
 
OldPueblo said:
Never Ever EVER do anything an e-mail says to do if it starts this way:

"PLEASE SEND THIS TO EVERYONE ON YOUR CONTACT LIST !!"
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Heh, the first rule in my spam filter is to delete emails that contain that phrase :p
 
Phoenix86 said:
Noob. ;)

Also along the lines of how to ID them, CNN doesn't report virii, places like AVERT and SARC do. It's also missing links, if it's on CNN, it should be linkable. Any alert worth anything will have linked information to trusted sites.
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Who said CNN and CBS could be trusted? ;)
 
ComputerBox34 said:
Who said CNN and CBS could be trusted? ;)
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That too, but I didn't feel the need to rake you over the coals more than necessary... :p

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Also in the news, MAN LANDS ON MOON!!!
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"the virus destroys Sector Zero, thus permanently destroying the hard disk".

That should tip you off that it's a hoax....software cannot destroy hardware, it may wipe the data, but nothing that cannot be rewritten. :p
 
MajorDomo said:
"the virus destroys Sector Zero, thus permanently destroying the hard disk".

That should tip you off that it's a hoax....software cannot destroy hardware, it may wipe the data, but nothing that cannot be rewritten. :p
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Actually, that wasn't true until OCing software came about. A clever virus could OC your proc and GPU and smoke them...

Even before that it could flash your firmware (with bad data) and hose it that way.
 
Phoenix86 said:
Actually, that wasn't true until OCing software came about. A clever virus could OC your proc and GPU and smoke them...

Even before that it could flash your firmware (with bad data) and hose it that way.
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:eek: I've yet to see one like that, frankly...
 
IMO, these kind of email is the virus itself.
Note that it spreads from mailbox to mailbox wasting precious bandwidth and time :p.
 
darkamage said:
IMO, these kind of email is the virus itself.
Note that it spreads from mailbox to mailbox wasting precious bandwidth and time :p.
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No kidding, look at all the >>>>>s before it got to him.
 
Very old school viruses could destroy hard drives :O Granted, the manufacturer could fix it with some flash writing programs, but consumers couldn't get their hands on those so it was as good as dead.

I think what gives this away as a hoax is:
* The exclamation marks ("As soon as you get the mail, delete it!! Even if you know the
sender !!!")
* Lack of links
* The forward symbols (">>>>")
* The fact that microsoft has a mailing list of its own and doesn't have to rely on Peer2Peer email warning systems ;)

But even if it wasn't a hoax, i wouldn't bother forwarding this. Why? Because if someone is stupid enough to open "holiday.exe" then they just might take this out of proportion anyway. Just burn it :)
 
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