UBB.Developers Forums General Discussion Chit Chat Virus... Better Safe than sorry!

I just got this in mah email, just thought i would post it since i dont have any of your email addy's.


----Start Email Message----
>> >> >>> >A new virus has just been discovered that has been classified by
>> >> >>> >> > Microsoft (http://www.microsoft.com/) and by McAfee
>> >> >>> >> (http://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 (http://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. 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.
>> >> >>> >> >
>> >> >>> >> > SEND THIS TO EVERYONE ON YOUR CONTACT LIST!!
----End Email Message----

thats all.

uppin this.

This is a hoax.

Note the wording of the warning - "the most destructive ever".

Note the impossible claims of destroying the boot sector on control alt delete AND the reset button. Nothing can interrupt a hardware reset.

Note that it asks you to pass on the warning, and how it does so - the message itself is the real virus, and by reading and obeying it, you are conveying it.

Congrats.

I'd advise reading http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/hoax.html , http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/ , and McAffee's own pages on the subject, http://vil.mcafee.com/hoax.asp? and http://vil.mcafee.com/default.asp? .

You will find descriptions of this virus nowhere on the site.

i didnt recieve a virus so im coo. i got norton 2000 is dat the best out right now?

oh well , even if it was tru dat pressin ctrl-alt-delete could f*cc your shyt up if the virus was on your system, i'd just buy a new computer and say f*cc it lol.

im in need of an upgrade anyway lol

~1~

You really have no clue what I said, do you? Nor did you bother to check those links, did you?

true cc , TRUE

i understood what you said, and i did peep those links, and? i dont really care so it doesnt matter much to me.

Just in case some want proof it's a hoax..
http://service1.symantec.com/sarc/sarc.nsf/html/Flower.for.You.html