Got this from a friend, dont know if its true but I suppose being aware cant do any harm.

THIS IS IMPORTANT

BEWARE and tell everybody you can think of!!!

Better to be safe than sorry

Dave' s brother is a very advanced programmer who does computer work for a living and has a high up status with Microsoft.

He doesn't send these if they aren't real. If He says this is for real, it for sure is. Be aware.

VIRUS COMING !

Hi All,

I checked with Norton Anti-Virus, and they are gearing up for this virus!

I checked Snopes , and it is for real. Get this E-mail message sent around to your contacts ASAP.

PLEASE FORWARD THIS WARNING AMONG FRIENDS, FAMILY AND CONTACTS!

You should be alert during the next few days. Do not open any message with an attachment

entitled POSTCARD FROM HALLMARK , regardless of who sent it to you.

It is a virus which opens A POSTCARD IMAGE, which 'burns' the whole hard disc C of your computer.

This virus will be received from someone who has your e -mail address in his/her contact list.

This is the reason you need to send this e -mail to all your contacts. It is better to receive this message 25 times than to receive the virus and open it.

If you receive an email entitled "POSTCARD," even though it was sent to you by a friend, do not open it! Shut down your computer immediately. This is the worst virus announced by CNN.

It has been classified by Microsoft as the most destructive virus ever.

This virus was discovered by McAfee yesterday, and there is no repair yet for this kind of Virus.

This virus simply destroys the Zero Sector of the Hard Disc, where the vital information is kept.

Virus hoax

Snopes has this to say here http://www.snopes.co...us/postcard.asp

Although the Postcard virus was real, it isn't a "BIG VIRUS COMING" (it's already been around in multiple forms for a long time now), it will not "burn the whole hard disc" of your computer, CNN didn't classify it as the "worst virus" ever, and it doesn't arrive in messages bearing a subject line of 'Invitation.'

I reckon if I sent out mail saying that there is a virus on their computer and the instructions on how to get rid of it included deleting all the files on C drive, there would be people stupid enough to follow the instructions.

Maybe Norton make this virus to boost their business?

This is the give-away:

Dave' s brother is a very advanced programmer who does computer work for a living and has a high up status with Microsoft.

...and, as we all know, Dave's not here

I reckon if I sent out mail saying that there is a virus on their computer and the instructions on how to get rid of it included deleting all the files on C drive, there would be people stupid enough to follow the instructions.

Thanks for that i now have a blank HDD.

The fact that this 'alert' is not dated is always a tip-off to being a hoax. Some of these warnings are circulating the internet for years!

This is the give-away:

Dave' s brother is a very advanced programmer who does computer work for a living and has a high up status with Microsoft.

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...and, as we all know, Dave's not here

This is the give-away:

Dave' s brother is a very advanced programmer who does computer work for a living and has a high up status with Microsoft.

...and, as we all know, Dave's not here

Only old stoners will lol.

Reminds me of "badtimes" - still one of my favourites...

http://www.makingpages.org/pagemaker/humor/badtimes.html