Virus Warning: A Virtual Card for You!

Please don’t open any “greeting card” e-mails.

This has been verified at: http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/postcard.asp

A new virus has just been discovered that has be 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!!!