New Virus - Lookout! Hallmark Postcard Virus Destroys All

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I just received notification that there is a virus that was just released that CNN and Microsoft are dubbing the most destructive internet virus of all time. It's spread by way of email and is called for now the Post Card Virus.

This is because you will receive an email with the subject line HALLMARK POSTCARD or something similar to this. If you do - do NOT open it. It will open a postcard image that will then burn your C drive up right at the sector zero. This means that your computer will be rendered useless and you will instantly lose everything.

Apparently it's sole purpose is to simple destroy. It was discovered by McAfee just recently, and because it's distributed through email, you may be inclined to open a postcard email from a friend or family member's email address - but don't do it.

More details will probably emerge soon enough about it's true power, but at the time being there is no solution. A lot of people have gotten the Google redirect virus over the past couple of years, and that was thought to be pretty bad, but the redirect virus was just a baby compared to this, and at least that is just a trojan worm where things can be done to get your computer back to a normal state.

With the post card virus? huh, sounds like you should forget about it. In the mean time, you should be waiting for it just in case. More importantly, tell everyone in your office, in your neck of the woods, in your social circle - let everyone know.

It's a much better idea to pester people about this than to have it come full circle, which with the fact that it spreads and sends itself under the guise of friendly email addresses - looks to be the case.