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Answer» I have recieved a message from a former work collegue REGARDING a so called "Hallmark card" virus.
Is this a genuine alert about a real threat does anyone KNOW?Well I found this, if it's what you're asking:
http://antivirus.about.com/od/emailhoaxes/p/postcard.htmThanks for that let's hope it isn't a genuine virus. It's just junk mail. It tends to float AROUND during every holiday. No need to worry.basic rule of thumb- anything that asks you to forward it to a certain number of friends or contacts is ALWAYS spam.Actually it is a virus, the card comes as an attachment and includes a trojan.
It comes in many forms. See here. snopes.com: 'Hallmark Postcard from a Family Member' virus http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/postcard.aspevil is RIGHT my sister warned me about this virus earlier this week or last week her husband is in the computer field and he's the one that told her. Quote from: evilfantasy on December 12, 2008, 04:44:30 PM Actually it is a virus, the card comes as an attachment and includes a trojan.
It comes in many forms. See here. snopes.com: 'Hallmark Postcard from a Family Member' virus http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/postcard.asp
True, these postcard viruses do exist (psiloveyou for example), but they certainly don't erase the ZERO sector as the e-mail implies. The majority of them are no more than mere annoyances.
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