Virus Warning From Betfair Forum

[pugs]

JAILER 23 Sep 10:39
Virus warning !!


Norton Anti-Virus are gearing up for a virus! 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 why 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 a mail called 'POSTCARD,' even though sent to you by a friend, do not open it! Delete the e-mail and 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.

[stateless]

could be a hoax (http://antivirus.about.com/od/emailhoax ... stcard.htm) but of course it can't hurt to make sure your anti virus software is uptodate and it's good sense to be very careful with attachments.

[pugs]

Sorry, never seen it before and thought it was genuine.

I never open attachments unless I know the sender, that’s why this warning got my attention.

[stateless]

I agree totally. Opening attachments from strangers is a recipe for disaster. It's always better to be safe than sorry .