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[Hoist!]

This was on this morning's news, and I recevied this in my email today too. Better to be safe than sorry. Costs us nothing if it's a hoax, but might save you if it's not. So for all ya'll's info:

> > Importance: High
> >
> >
> >
> > BIG virus coming
> >
> > I checked with Norton Anti-Virus, and they are gearing up
> >
> > for this virus!
> >
> > I checked snopes.com, this morning, 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 several weeks. Do not
> >
> > open any message with an attachment entitled 'POSTCARD,'
> >
> > regardless of who sent it to you.
> >
> > It is a virus which opens A POSTCARD IMAGE, which 'burns'
> >
> > the whole hard disc (C drive) 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,' sent to you by a friend, do not
> > open it.! This includes all cards too. 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 your vital
> >
> > information is kept.
> >
> > COPY THIS E-MAIL, AND SEND IT TO YOUR FRIENDS.
> >
> > REMEMBER: IF YOU SEND IT TO THEM, YOU WILL BENEFIT
> >
> > ALL OF US.
> >
> > http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus
> >

Hoist!

[Sean M Cary]

I would comment here that you not open ANYTHING with an HK origin unless you know damn well who it is from...  Add Russian, China and any Eastern Bloc country to that.

Read some stuff that I cannot comment on directly here, but hacking has become quite profitable...  Social Engineering via e-mail is becoming the method most commonly used to drop malware on the knuckle heads who click the link.

Sean

[Unbalanced]

Postcard Virus listed on Snopes.  http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/postcard.asp

The destruction of the zero sector of your hard drive isnt actually part of the "real virus" known to be circulating at this time.   The "postcard virus" is variant of the back door trojan "Storm Trojan".  This has been around a long time by the way.   

The Peacomm family of Trojans is also commonly known as the "Storm" Trojan.

Trojan.Peacomm may be dropped by W32.Mixor.Q@mm. It may also arrive as an attachment to a spammed email.

The file attachment will be one of the following:

FullVideo.exe
Full Story.exe
Video.exe
Read More.exe
FullClip.exe
GreetingPostcard.exe
MoreHere.exe
FlashPostcard.exe
GreetingCard.exe
ClickHere.exe
ReadMore.exe
FlashPostcard.exe
FullNews.exe