I Recived an E - Mail from a friend warning me of this ..Told me to pass it onto people I Know ..IF YOU GET MAIL POST CARD FROM HALLMARK ..Shut down your computer IMMEDIATELY ..the Virus is the worst Virus announced by CNN ..It has been CLASSIFED by Microsoft as the most DESTRUCTIVE VIRUS ever ..The POSTCARD IMAGE burns the whole HARD DISC C of your computer ... Please dont get caught out I Hope the lads who look over the forum let this warning run GOOD LUCK

[url=http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_postcard_virus.htmIt's a hoax people[/url

Got this email at work the other day. Noticed that the file was a .exe and deleted it. Hallmark don't send .exe files.

Meh, got a mac, bothered!

Standee I DONT PLAY SILLY GAMES I took the E- Mail at face value Hoax or not I wouldnt like Friends or Foe to be caught out

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I know, which is why I googled it, and it is a hoax, 9/10 of these types of warnings are.

I hope it is BUT I will be on my Guard just in case its not

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Like I said, there's no need, it isn't even in the Microsoft register of threats, any up to date virus checker would nail it anyway.

[url=http://www.microsoft.com/canada/athome/security/online/ecardfraud.mspxThe original threat (and suggestions for action) date back to 2004[/url

Hoax or not, I wouldn't care anyway as I use Uni computers for going online

The E _ Mail read this VIRUS was discoverd By McFee yesterday 12 March 2009

Like I said, it's just someone having a "laugh", what motivates these people is beyond me.

Last definition file update for the "Hallmark" virus was 03/02/2009 from MacAfee.

W32/Xirtem@MM!8b1f20b9
Type Virus
SubType Email
Discovery Date 03/02/2009
Length Minimum DAT 5541 (03/02/2009)
Updated DAT 5545 (03/06/2009)
Minimum Engine 5.2.00
Description Added 03/02/2009
Description Modified 03/04/2009 11:00 AM (PT)

cant be any worse than the virus i nearly came contact tonight

do you mean "i nearly came INTO contact with ?

As Standee has pointed out, this is a hoax email going around.

Locked.