Another virus warning
Glenn Montis
hmhgmontis at yahoo.com
Fri Sep 21 06:28:36 EST 2001
> WORST EVER VIRUS (CNN announced)
>
> 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 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. 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 this mail to all of your friends.
Forward this to everyone
> in
> your address book.
>
> I would rather receive this 25 times than not at
all. Also: Intel
> announced
> that a new and very destructive virus was
discovered recently.
>
> If you receive an email called "An Internet Flower
For You," do not open
> it.
> Delete it right away! This virus removes all
dynamic link libraries
(.dll
> files) from your
> computer. Your computer will not be able to boot up
!!
>
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