Comments on: Most Destructive Virus Ever! Beware of hallmark E-card http://www.namecake.com/most-destructive-virus-ever-beware-of-hallmark-e-card/ NameCake is a domain name broker and marketplace for some of the most interesting domain names on the Web Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:16:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Reece Berg http://www.namecake.com/most-destructive-virus-ever-beware-of-hallmark-e-card/#comment-358 Reece Berg Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:37:12 +0000 http://www.namecake.com/?p=714#comment-358 Barry, that's a very good point. No doubt plenty of phishing scams will be pulled this holiday season, so whatever helps people expect the unexpected is always welcomed :) Barry, that’s a very good point.

No doubt plenty of phishing scams will be pulled this holiday season, so whatever helps people expect the unexpected is always welcomed :)

]]> By: barry goggin http://www.namecake.com/most-destructive-virus-ever-beware-of-hallmark-e-card/#comment-357 barry goggin Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:05:46 +0000 http://www.namecake.com/?p=714#comment-357 It is actually just a chain email. Greeting cards to carry viruses have been around for a long time and is an old human engineering trick. Snopes and other such sites tell you that it is a hoax chain email and that there is no super potent virus going around. This email has been circulating in various forms for years now. It seems to have undergone another burst of activity in Nov. with people forwarding it around. As was said, whether hallmark or others, greeting e-cards from people you dont know are always suspect and spammers use them as well as other tricks to get you to open them and click. Scaring people even if there is no super virus is not necessarily a bad thing since it may prevent someone getting duped. It is actually just a chain email. Greeting cards to carry viruses have been around for a long time and is an old human engineering trick. Snopes and other such sites tell you that it is a hoax chain email and that there is no super potent virus going around. This email has been circulating in various forms for years now. It seems to have undergone another burst of activity in Nov. with people forwarding it around.

As was said, whether hallmark or others, greeting e-cards from people you dont know are always suspect and spammers use them as well as other tricks to get you to open them and click. Scaring people even if there is no super virus is not necessarily a bad thing since it may prevent someone getting duped.

]]> By: admin http://www.namecake.com/most-destructive-virus-ever-beware-of-hallmark-e-card/#comment-356 admin Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:33:15 +0000 http://www.namecake.com/?p=714#comment-356 Guys - i received the message yesterday - i didn't click on the link and have now deleted it. My father then sent me a warning about the exact message i received. Maybe it's a coincidence, but it's better to be safe than sorry. Reece you may have a point though. - I took a look on Snopes.com and there actually was a Hallmark virus found in April 08. So it's a good idea to keep your computer up to date, keep AV, Anti-Malware and Firewalls up to date and you will hopefully be ok. The below link can shed more light on the situation: http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/postcard.asp Guys - i received the message yesterday - i didn’t click on the link and have now deleted it. My father then sent me a warning about the exact message i received. Maybe it’s a coincidence, but it’s better to be safe than sorry.

Reece you may have a point though. - I took a look on Snopes.com and there actually was a Hallmark virus found in April 08. So it’s a good idea to keep your computer up to date, keep AV, Anti-Malware and Firewalls up to date and you will hopefully be ok.
The below link can shed more light on the situation:

http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/postcard.asp

]]> By: Reece Berg http://www.namecake.com/most-destructive-virus-ever-beware-of-hallmark-e-card/#comment-355 Reece Berg Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:14:50 +0000 http://www.namecake.com/?p=714#comment-355 I believe this particular "worst virus ever" incident was a hoax. That's not to say there aren't viruses involving greeting cards or even greeting cards bearing the Hallmark name, however I'm unable to find any information from reliable sources which confirms this information to be true and many sources are claiming it to be a hoax. I don't think Microsoft would classify such a virus as the most destructive ever -- perhaps the most destructive to one's hard drive, however there have certainly been more destructive viruses in the past. You message about being careful when opening attachments (or clicking links) regardless of who the message appears to be from is a good one however. I believe this particular “worst virus ever” incident was a hoax. That’s not to say there aren’t viruses involving greeting cards or even greeting cards bearing the Hallmark name, however I’m unable to find any information from reliable sources which confirms this information to be true and many sources are claiming it to be a hoax.

I don’t think Microsoft would classify such a virus as the most destructive ever — perhaps the most destructive to one’s hard drive, however there have certainly been more destructive viruses in the past.

You message about being careful when opening attachments (or clicking links) regardless of who the message appears to be from is a good one however.

]]> By: Francois http://www.namecake.com/most-destructive-virus-ever-beware-of-hallmark-e-card/#comment-351 Francois Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:25:09 +0000 http://www.namecake.com/?p=714#comment-351 "...It has been classified by Microsoft as the most destructive virus ever..." Give some links from specialized sources. I did and I don't see any virus alert in the main anti virus sites. “…It has been classified by Microsoft as the most destructive virus ever…”

Give some links from specialized sources.

I did and I don’t see any virus alert in the main anti virus sites.

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