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Old 06-02-08, 11:32 PM
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Is this virus warning genuine?
I've received a scary virus warning (aren't they all ) for a virus called "Snopes" which allegedly destroys the hard drive and brought "panic" to New York yesterday

I ask as I'm not very 'up' on this stuff nowadays and often these things are just scare mongering

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Urban Legends Reference Pages is the best site for telling you which are hoax virus or scam warnings.
Not heard of the snopes virus.
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If you receive any email advising of the latest virus and which requests you to forward it on to everyone in your address book then I would recommend you C&P the virus name into Google (etc) and do a search. This will tell you if it is a hoax or not.

The same applies to those poxy emails that play on your sympathies regarding some poor unfortunate soul who is about to die. Most are hoaxes.
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Urban Legends Reference Pages is the best site for telling you which are hoax virus or scam warnings.
Not heard of the snopes virus.
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The warning email says it comes in the form of an email entitled " ... a postcard from... " which that website identifies as a true computer virus. However that's just a subject heading so not sure that's an answer.
I haven't even opened the warning email, reading in the preview pane, as surely that could be suspect.
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If you receive any email advising of the latest virus and which requests you to forward it on to everyone in your address book then I would recommend you C&P the virus name into Google (etc) and do a search. This will tell you if it is a hoax or not.
This is what I was thinking. The old, 'please forward to everyone on the planet 'cos they'd rather receive this 25 times than the virus ... yadi yadi yada'
I'll try googling it, cheers
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Okay, I think I have become confused.

The warning email says " Snopes confirmed as real" but I think the virus may be called "postcard". It's kinda hard to tell but when I googled "Snopes" it sent me to a 'Daily Snopes page' on the Urban legend website

It appears that Snopes is a term for "Urban Legends"

In which case if the virus is called "Postcard" that would appear to be genuine.
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As you've found Snopes.com Urban Legends Reference Pages is a site which tells the truth about urban legends including chain emails, virus warnings etc.

These two links appear to tell you about the postcard 'virus' - the second one (hoax) sounds like what you are describing

Urban Legends Reference Pages: 'Postcard from a Family Member' virus

Urban Legends Reference Pages: A [Virtual] Card for You Virus
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As you've found Snopes.com Urban Legends Reference Pages is a site which tells the truth about urban legends including chain emails, virus warnings etc.

These two links appear to tell you about the postcard 'virus' - the second one (hoax) sounds like what you are describing

Urban Legends Reference Pages: 'Postcard from a Family Member' virus

Urban Legends Reference Pages: A [Virtual] Card for You Virus
Thanks

The warning email is pretty much as the 2nd link (including the link to snopes site) but warns of a title exactly as in the 1st (real virus) link. Bizarre.
There is a real virus where you receive and email about a postcard but a hoax warning about it. WTF?
I'm just not collecting any virtual postcards. Seems best

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