Keith ... Please stop with the "virus alert" postings. They serve no
useful purpose other than eating up bandwidth and increasing the
subscription costs to those who pay for their internet connection
by byte count or usage time.
Thanks,
-Nick
Keith Berry wrote:
>
> Received from a member of the Russian Camera group:-
>
> Subject: Fw: Virus Alert
>
> A new virus has just been discovered that has been
> classified by Microsoft ( www.microsoft.com ) and by
> McAfee (www.mcafee.com) 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 Virtual 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 (www.cnn.com ).
> 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.
> Please pass on this mail to all your friends.
>
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