[syndicate] Fw: WORST VIRUS EVER---CNN ANNOUNCED. PLEASE SEND THIS TO EVERYONE ON YOUR CONTACT LIST !!!!!HOAX!!!!!!

[maurice benayoun]

maurice benayoun

CITU, Création Interactive Transdisciplinaire Universitaire

HYPERLINK "mailto:mb at benayoun.com"mb at benayoun.com

www.moben.net - www.z-a.net - www.watch-out.net

HYPERLINK "http://221.162.68.202/"

  

-----Original Message-----
From: maurice benayoun [mailto:list at benayoun.com] 
Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2004 10:27 PM
To: 'Andrej Tisma'; 'Syndicate2'
Subject: RE : [syndicate] Fw: WORST VIRUS EVER---CNN ANNOUNCED. PLEASE SEND
THIS TO EVERYONE ON YOUR CONTACT LIST !!!!!HOAX!!!!!!

 

From SOPHOS.com



A virtual card for you


Aliases


Virtual Card for You





Type


HYPERLINK "http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/articles/glossary.html#hoax"Virus
hoax





Description


There are several versions of this hoax.

The text of the first version reads as follows:

Subject: Virus

Just to let you know a new virus was started in New York last night. This
virus acts in the following manner: It sends itself automatically to all
contacts on your list with the title "A Virtual Card for You". As soon as
the supposed virtual card is opened, the computer freezes so that the user
has to reboot. When the ctrl+alt+del keys or the reset button are pressed,
the virus destroys Sector Zero, thus permanently destroying the hard disk.

Yesterday in just a few hours this virus caused panic in New York, according
to news broadcast by CNN www.cnn.com <<http://www.cnn.com>> This alert was
received by an employee of Microsoft itself. So don't open any mails with
subject "A Virtual Card for You". As soon as you get the mail, delete it.
Please pass on this mail to all your friends.

Forward this to everyone in your address book. I would rather receive this
25 times than not at all.

HYPERLINK
"http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/hoaxes/virtualcard.html#TOP#TOP"[TOP]

The text of the second version reads as follows:

W A R N I N G !
IF YOU RECEIVE AN E-MAIL WITH SUBJECT
" A VIRTUAL CARD FOR YOU "
DO NOT OPEN !!!
IT CONTAINS A VERY, VERY DANGEROUS VIRUS.
IT WAS CLASSIFIED YESTERDAY BY MICROSOFT AND MCAFEE AS THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE
VIRUS OF ALL TIMES. VIRUS DESTROY HARD DISK. WITHOUT POSSIBILITY TO REPAIR.
PLEASE SEND THIS MESSAGE TO EVERYBODY YOU KNOW !

Not sure whether it's genuine as it isn't listed as a virus (or as a hoax).
Please watchout anyway.
Thanks,
Bill. 

HYPERLINK
"http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/hoaxes/virtualcard.html#TOP#TOP"[TOP]

The text of the third version reads as follows:

Please read the following message!!!

Subject: VIRUS ALERT

A new virus has just been discovered that has been classified by Microsoft
and by McAfee the most destructive ever! This virus was discovered yesterday
afternoon by McAfee and no vaccine has yet been developed. This virus simply
destroys Sector Zero from the hard disk, where vital information for its
functioning are stored.

This virus acts in the following manner: It sends itself automatically to
all contacts on your list with the title "A Virtual Card for You". As soon
as the supposed virtual card is opened, the computer freezes so that the
user has to reboot. Once the Ctrl+Alt+Del keys or the reset button are
pressed, the virus destroys Sector Zero thus permanently destroying the hard
disk.

Please distribute this message to the greatest number of people possible.
Yesterday in just a few hours this virus caused panic in New York, according
to news broadcast by CNN. This alert was received by an employee of
Microsoft itself, Antony Joseph, Chief Systems Network Engineer, Bond House,
Chiswick High Road, London, UK 

The French version combines four hoaxes: Virtual Card, HYPERLINK
"http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/hoaxes/californiaibm.html"California IBM,
HYPERLINK "http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/hoaxes/girlthing.html"Girl thing,
and HYPERLINK
"http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/hoaxes/buddylysip.html"BUDDYLY SIP. The
text reads as follows:

Attention virus tres dangereux.

Informations communiquees par France Telecom
Transpac Centre Support Internet Toulouse (2, Esplanade Compans Caffarelli
31903 TOULOUSE)

Informations a diffuser tres rapidement pour arreter ce virus.

1- Un nouveau virus vient d'etre decouvert et a ete classe par Microsoft
comme etant le plus destructeur n'ayant jamais existe ! ce virus a ete
decouvert hier apres-midi par McAfee et aucun vaccin n'a encore ete
developpe. Ce virus detruit le Secteur Zero de votre disque dur, la ou les
informations vitales au fonctionnement de votre systeme sont emmagasinees.
Ce virus agit de la facon suivante : il envoie lui-meme un message a toute
votre liste de contacts avec le titre "A Virtual Card for You" ou "Une carte
virtuelle pour vous".

N'OUVRIR AUCUN LIEN QUI PORTE CETTE MENTION.
Aussitot que la supposee " carte virtuelle " est ouverte, l'ordinateur se
bloque et l'utilisateur doit redemarrer son systeme.
Lorsque les touches ctrl+alt+del ou le bouton " reset " sont enfonces, le
virus detruit le aaSecteur Zero, et votre disque dur sera >alors detruit de
facon permanente.

S.V.P. distribuez ce message a plus de gens possible.

2- L'Academie de Creteil nous previent que le centre d'anti-criminalite des
virus annonce que deux nouveaux virus ont ete decouverts.
3- Ils arriveront par un e-mail intitule "CALIFORNIA IBM" et "GIRL HING".
4- Microsoft a annonce qu'ils sont tres puissants, plus encore que " I love
you ".
5- Il n'existe aucun remede, ils avalent toute l'information du dur,
detruisent Internet Explorer et Netscape Navigator.
6- N'ouvrez rien s'intitulant ainsi. Si vous recevez par mail un message
avec comme fichier joint un ecran de veille " screensaver " intitule "DDLY
SIP ", ne l'ouvrez en aucun cas. Annulez immediatement. En l'ouvrant vous
allez perdre toute les donnees de votre disque dur. Ce virus a ete lance il
y a 7 jours.

HYPERLINK
"http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/hoaxes/virtualcard.html#TOP#TOP"[TOP]





Important


Many virus hoaxes:

*	falsely claim to describe an extremely dangerous virus 
*	use pseudo-technical language to make impressive-sounding (but
impossible) claims 
*	falsely claim that the report was issued or confirmed by a
well-known company 
*	ask you to forward it to all your friends and colleagues 

As usual, you are urged not to pass on warnings of this kind, as the
continued re-forwarding of these hoaxes simply wastes time and email
bandwidth.

It is possible that you may receive a hoax via email with a file attached.
Obviously, such file attachments should be treated with caution as they may
be virus infected. Sophos recommends deleting virus hoax emails, whether
they contain file attachments or not.

Sophos suggests a HYPERLINK
"http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/articles/hoaxes.html#prevent"policy to help
prevent hoaxes from spreading in your company.

 

 

maurice benayoun

CITU, Création Interactive Transdisciplinaire Universitaire

HYPERLINK "mailto:mb at benayoun.com"mb at benayoun.com

www.moben.net - www.z-a.net - www.watch-out.net

HYPERLINK "http://221.162.68.202/"

  

-----Original Message-----
From: Andrej Tisma [mailto:aart at eunet.yu] 
Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2004 8:08 AM
To: Syndicate2
Subject: [syndicate] Fw: WORST VIRUS EVER---CNN ANNOUNCED. PLEASE SEND THIS
TO EVERYONE ON YOUR CONTACT LIST

 

WORST VIRUS EVER INFO
 
WORST VIRUS EVER---CNN ANNOUNCED. PLEASE SEND THIS TO EVERYONE ON YOUR
CONTACT LIST 
 

A New Virus has just been discovered that has been classified by Microsoft
 as the most destructive ever. This virus was discovered yesterday
 afternoon by McAfee and no vaccine has yet been developed. This virus
simply destroys Sector Zero from the hard disk, where the vital
 information for its functioning are stored. This virus acts in the
 following manner: It sends itself automically to all contacts on your list
 with the title "a Card for You". As soon as the supposed virtual card is
 opened the computer freezes so that the user has to reboot. When the
 ctrl+alt+del keys or the reset button are pressed, the virus destroys
 Sector Zero, thus permanently destroying the hard disk. Yesterday in just
 a few hours this virus caused panic in New York according to news
 broadcast by CNN. This alert was received by an employee of Microsoft
itself. So don't open any emails with subject:  "A Virtual Card for You".
 As soon as you get the mail, delete it!! Even if you know the sender!!!
 Please pass this mail to all your friends. Forward this to everyone in
 your address book. I'm sure most people like myself, would rather recieve
 this notice 25 times than not at all.

 


---
Incoming mail is certified Virus Free.
Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
Version: 6.0.648 / Virus Database: 415 - Release Date: 31/03/2004



---
Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
Version: 6.0.648 / Virus Database: 415 - Release Date: 31/03/2004



---
Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
Version: 6.0.648 / Virus Database: 415 - Release Date: 31/03/2004
 
      
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://tekspost.no/mailman/private/syndicate/attachments/20040403/2a95c8ca/attachment-0001.html>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: image/gif
Size: 809 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://tekspost.no/mailman/private/syndicate/attachments/20040403/2a95c8ca/attachment-0003.gif>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: image/gif
Size: 357 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://tekspost.no/mailman/private/syndicate/attachments/20040403/2a95c8ca/attachment-0004.gif>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: image/gif
Size: 73 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://tekspost.no/mailman/private/syndicate/attachments/20040403/2a95c8ca/attachment-0005.gif>