bad ass virus!!!!

[teklord310]

Subject: CNN - Worst Computer Virus Ever

Do NOT open any email titled "A Virtual Card for You" or "An Internet Flower for You". READ BELOW!!

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+delkeys 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 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 !!

[ckayser]

Not trying to be a dick here. That is a hoax.

http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/venc/data/virtual.card.for.you.html

There are real viruses to be worried about out there to be worried about.

Like this one which is pretty new

http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.vote.a@mm.html

and

Nimda, Sircamm, etc...

You can find out which ones are actual threats as well as hoaxes @ http://www.sarc.com

Also remember if you are using Outlook/Outlook Express and it isn't updated/patched correctly you can run the risk of running the virus w/o even opening the email. It may be a little annoying but check to make sure that you have all your service packs and hotfixes installed. Also, run a virus program! Don't be cheap. Make sure that you check for updates on the software every so often. And don't open up every damn attatchment you see!

I manage about 55 workstations, a file server, and an email server and I make sure that the virus software has options to update (it contacts a local server, as well as looking for updates through the internet daily). E-mail has it's own virus scanning software that is updated daily. In a business enviroment it is very important to make sure that you maintain machines more then you are fixing them.

The last time a virus was introduced into my network was when someone opened up an attatchment from their hotmail account. That was my mistake because I didn't see his machine wasn't getting the virus updates. It only infected like 5 machines and was easy to clean. But I can't stress the importance of virus programs.