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Virus warning
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 Posted: Mon Dec 22nd, 2008 11:25 PM
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I know that this is off topic but I felt that I should pass this information on anyway.  Admin please post or delete at you see fit.

According to Norton there is a virus released that will appear in your inbox as either "Postcard from Hallmark", or "Postcard".  Needless to say don't open it.  Apperently there isn't a fix for this at this time.

I don't know if this is a legitimate warning or not.  I haven't seen anything on the news about this.



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 Posted: Tue Dec 23rd, 2008 12:45 AM
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I keep getting notices of ecards that have been sent to me. They go automatically to my spam file and get deleted.

This virus hase been around for a few months.

Jerry


 Posted: Tue Dec 23rd, 2008 07:17 AM
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Any time you need to check the authenticity of something on the net, go to snopes.com, they will give you the real story.

Hope this helps.



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