"postcard virus"

[terid743]

I received an email about a virus and it said do not open any email with
subject "postcard". The email said it was legitimate. It said you could
verify by going to slopes.com. And that CNN reported on the virus. McAfee
is supposed to have found it and there's no fix yet. It is supposed to open
a postcard image that attacks the zero sector of your hard disk. Has anyone
heard of this or know if it's true?

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Just because you got this in an email, doesn't make it an Outlook related
question.
"I hate Outlook, I just received an email from my boss telling me I don't
get a raise."

You might want to reconsider which sources you trust. I'm 100% sure it
didn't came from a trustworthy security alert newsletter.

Anyway, a very simply search on "postcard virus" tells you it is a fake.
Don't go to "slopes.com" but to "snopes.com"
http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/virtualcard.asp

 

[Diane Poremsky {MVP}]

It doesn't matter if its real or not - never open attachments, except from
trusted sources and only if you are expecting them and you won't have to
worry. (BTW - its snopes.com)

 

[Pat Willener]

These virus warning hoaxes have been around for more than 10 years, and
I still fail to understand why people are sending these around.