New Virus

Paulie · 27-01-2005, 09:20

Dont know if you guys know about this one yet...............

A virtual card for you

AliasesVirtual Card for You

DescriptionThere 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.

Bifta · 27-01-2005, 09:33

What? A non-existant virus?

Graham M · 27-01-2005, 09:36

BTW Its a Hoax if anyone missed that fact, plus its been around for absolutely ages

Paulie · 27-01-2005, 09:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zeph

BTW Its a Hoax if anyone missed that fact, plus its been around for absolutely ages

Ok fair shout. Only trying to help.

Graham M · 27-01-2005, 10:04

lol i know there are always loads of these going around.

nffc · 27-01-2005, 10:29

That is blatantly a hoax as Ctrl-Alt-Del is a protected system config, and the reset button essentially is power off/power on.

I also doubt that anything like that could access Sector Zero especially in NTFS.

Graham M · 27-01-2005, 10:34

Im sure Sector 0 is limited to real mode access, IE DOS