NEW VIRUS ON WEB BE CAREFUL

coc999 · Post by **coc999** » Fri May 04, 2001 1:21 am

Hello everybody i hope it is the right place to put this post.I have read that there is a new very dangerous virus wich is destroying
the sector 0 of your disk.
It is an e-mail called "A NEW VIRTUAL CARD FOR U"
I read this in "lemonde.fr" forum internet
have a nice day everybody

John Cooper · Post by **John Cooper** » Fri May 04, 2001 7:03 am

as usual, it's a hoax, not a virus:
http://chekware.com/hoax/Virtual_Card.htm

please be suspicious of any email that tells you to "forward this to everyone you know". a quick search using your favorite search engine will usually turn up info on it. i searched on "virtual card hoax", and got a long list of references.

-john

coc999 · Post by **coc999** » Fri May 04, 2001 8:49 am

hello john i have seen your reply
for next time i will do it like your advice.
Mea culpa. bye