Guest guest Posted July 17, 2001 Report Share Posted July 17, 2001 Dear list, My humblest apologies, but I may have been the unwitting transmitter of a virus. If you got a message from me with an attachment, delete it immediately--I didn't send it, this Trojan virus did--Sorry. The virus (worm) is called W32.Badtrans.13312. If anyone here gets a mail which appears to be a reply to someone's post, and says "Look to this attachment", DO NOT OPEN THE ATTACHMENT. It will appear to give a message saying "File data corrupt:probably due to bad data transmission or bad disk access." If you got this message it has already installed on your system and is doing nasty things. Further info here: http://www.securityportal.com/research/virus/profiles/W32.Badtrans.13312.html I'd like to send this note of caution. I was using an antivirus program and it was updated and it did not detect this virus. I now have another program--Mcafee--which did detect it and delete it. Just a freindly reminder, to not only use Virus protection software, but to keep it updated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 30, 2009 Report Share Posted March 30, 2009 sorry, this is not as new as it first appeared to be...checking several other sources it's more of a continued warning to be aware of ongoing....as a few have experienced this in the past several days.. D~ > > http://snopes.com > > HUGE VIRUS COMING!!! PLEASE READ & FORWARD > > Hi All, I checked with Norton Anti-Virus, and they are gearing up for this virus! > > I checked Snopes (URL above:), 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 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! 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. > > COPY THIS E-MAIL, AND SEND IT TO YOUR FRIENDS. REMEMBER: IF YOU SEND IT TO THEM, YOU WILL BENEFIT ALL OF US > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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