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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">This is a hoax. See info below from snopes.com. You can also Google “</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">POSTCARD FROM HALLMARK
virus” to learn more. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Synopsis: Computer viruses have been distributed through e-postcard notifications in the past, but current warnings of such viruses are generally outdated<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">or outright hoaxes.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Origins: Many web sites offer a service that allows a user to send a customized "greeting card" (or "postcard") to a relative, friend, or acquaintance,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">delivered
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">as an e-mail message containing a hyperlink which the recipient follows to visit the originating site and view the card. Sending out phony e-card notifications<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">is therefore an effective method of camouflaging viruses and inducing unwitting recipients into clicking on links that install malicious programs onto<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">their computers.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">A wave of malicious messages (like the one reproduced above) sent out in June 2007 employed that very technique, arriving in inboxes bearing subject lines<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">such as "You've received a postcard from a family member!" The messages contained URLs that recipients were supposed to visit to retrieve their e-cards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">but those URLs actually pointed to servers hosting a variety of malware (including a variant of the
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Storm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Trojan, "an aggressive piece of malware that has been hijacking computers to serve as attacker bots" since early 2007) that was furtively installed onto<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">victims' PCs. (Generally, only
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">unpatched<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Windows-based systems were vulnerable.)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">However, although the fake greeting card or postcard lure for delivering viruses may be used again in the future, warnings like the ones referenced above<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">are several years old and no longer pose any threat to computer users who have relatively up-to-date anti-virus software. For the most part, messages<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">currently forwarded by well-intended people to warn others about the Postcard virus merely contribute to confusion by including hoax elements within them,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">as well as links to our
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">article<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">about the "Virtual Card for You" hoax. Other versions of the postcard virus warning erroneously combine it with elements of the
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Invitation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">virus hoax:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Charles W. McDowell Center<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Nfbk [mailto:nfbk-bounces@nfbnet.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>George Stokes via Nfbk<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, December 17, 2014 7:47 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> nfbk@nfbnet.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Nfbk] FW: [Norton AntiSpam]Fw: I have just received this Virus alert, not ajoke.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Ranelle Mackey [<a href="mailto:ranelle7@att.net">mailto:ranelle7@att.net</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, December 16, 2014 8:48 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> George Stokes; Hollis Rosenstein; Heather Mackey<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Fw: [Norton AntiSpam]Fw: I have just received this Virus alert, not ajoke.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">On Tuesday, December 16, 2014 10:10 AM, K. Blackburn <<a href="mailto:kbtenn2003@yahoo.com">kbtenn2003@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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--- On Sun, 12/14/14, Ruthanne Wolfe <<a href="mailto:rwolfe602@hotmail.com">rwolfe602@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> From: Ruthanne Wolfe <<a href="mailto:rwolfe602@hotmail.com">rwolfe602@hotmail.com</a>><br>
> Subject: FW: [Norton AntiSpam]Fw: I have just received this Virus alert, not ajoke.<br>
> To: <br>
> Date: Sunday, December 14, 2014, 11:38 PM<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> From:<br>
> <a href="mailto:markrwolfe@neo.rr.com">markrwolfe@neo.rr.com</a><br>
> To: ;<br>
> Subject: Fw: [Norton AntiSpam]Fw: I have just received this<br>
> Virus alert, not ajoke.<br>
> Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2014 22:18:44 -0500<br>
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> -----<br>
> Original Message ----- <br>
> From: <a href="mailto:Bendingrk@aol.com">Bendingrk@aol.com</a><br>
> <br>
> <br>
> To: <a href="mailto:Bendingrk@aol.com">Bendingrk@aol.com</a><br>
> <br>
> Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2014 11:20 PM<br>
> Subject: Fwd: I have just received this Virus<br>
> alert, not <br>
> ajoke.<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> > > URGENT, PLEASE READ. Not a joke.<br>
> > > <br>
> > > <br>
> THIS IS IMPORTANT<br>
> > > <br>
> > > BEWARE and tell everybody you <br>
> can think of!!!<br>
> > > <br>
> > > Better to be safe than <br>
> sorry<br>
> > > <br>
> > > Dave' s brother is a very advanced <br>
> programmer who does computer work<br>
> > > for a living and has a high <br>
> up status with Microsoft.<br>
> > > <br>
> > > He doesn't send these <br>
> if they aren't real. If He says this is for real,<br>
> > > it for sure <br>
> is. Be aware.<br>
> > > <br>
> > > VIRUS COMING !<br>
> > > <br>
> <br>
> > > Hi All,<br>
> > > <br>
> > > I checked with Norton <br>
> Anti-Virus, and they are gearing up for this virus!<br>
> > > <br>
> > <br>
> > I checked Snopes , and it is for real. Get this<br>
> E-mail message <br>
> sent<br>
> > > around to your contacts ASAP.<br>
> > > <br>
> > > <br>
> PLEASE FORWARD THIS WARNING AMONG FRIENDS, FAMILY AND<br>
> CONTACTS!<br>
> > > <br>
> <br>
> > > You should be alert during the next few days. Do<br>
> not open any <br>
> message<br>
> > > with an attachment<br>
> > > <br>
> > > entitled <br>
> POSTCARD FROM HALLMARK , regardless of who sent it to<br>
> you.<br>
> > > <br>
> <br>
> > > It is a virus which opens A POSTCARD IMAGE, which<br>
> 'burns' the <br>
> whole<br>
> > > hard disc C of your computer.<br>
> > > <br>
> > > <br>
> This virus will be received from someone who has your e<br>
> -mail <br>
> address<br>
> > > in his/her contact list.<br>
> > > <br>
> > > <br>
> This is the reason you need to send this e -mail to all<br>
> your <br>
> contacts.<br>
> > > It is better to receive this message 25 times than<br>
> to <br>
> receive the virus<br>
> > > and open it.<br>
> > > <br>
> > > If <br>
> you receive an email entitled "POSTCARD," even<br>
> though it was sent to<br>
> > <br>
> > you by a friend, do not open it! Shut down your<br>
> computer <br>
> immediately.<br>
> > > This is the worst virus announced by CNN.<br>
> > <br>
> > <br>
> > > It has been classified by Microsoft as the most <br>
> destructive virus ever.<br>
> > > <br>
> > > This virus was discovered <br>
> by McAfee yesterday, and there is no repair<br>
> > > yet for this kind <br>
> of Virus.<br>
> > > <br>
> > > This virus simply destroys the Zero <br>
> Sector of the Hard Disc, where the<br>
> > > vital information is <br>
> kept.<br>
> > > <br>
> > > COPY THIS E-MAIL AND SEND IT TO YOUR <br>
> FRIENDS.<br>
> > > <br>
> > > REMEMBER: IF YOU SEND IT TO THEM, YOU <br>
> WILL BENEFIT ALL OF US<br>
> > > <br>
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