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Old 24 March 2004, 04:23 PM
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WORST VIRUS EVER ---CNN ANNOUNCED


PLEASE SEND THIS TO EVERYONE ON YOUR CONTACT LIST !!

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 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!! Even if you know the sender !!!

Please pass this mail to all of your friends.

Forward this to everyone in your address book. I'm sure most people, like myself, would rather receive this notice 25 times than not at all.

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Old 24 March 2004, 04:27 PM
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Please don't pass this to your friends, it's a hoax.

But do take notice of this "don't open any mails with subject: "A Virtual Card for You."" they're nearly always rubbish.
Old 24 March 2004, 04:30 PM
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LOL Jack and phew!
Old 24 March 2004, 05:53 PM
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Good place to check for hoaxes....
http://vil.nai.com/vil/hoaxes.asp

This particular one (at least one very similar):
http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_98893.htm
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