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[kitschicat.livejournal.com]

So the director of tech services sent out this email a few minutes ago:

>>> *NAME OF DIRECTOR HERE* 1/28/2005 9:41 AM >>>

Has anyone seen any information about the below topic?

> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 9:18 AM
>> To: All E-mail Users>> Subject: Virus warning
>>

>> WORST VIRUS EVER ---CNN ANNOUNCED
>>
>> PLEASE SEND THIS TO EVERYONE ON YOUR CONTACT LIST!!
>>
>>
>> A new virus has just been discovered that has been classified by
>> Microsoft
>> as the most destructive ever. This virus was discovered yesterday
>> afternoon by McAfee and no vaccine has yet been developed. This virus
>> simply destroys Sector Zero from the hard disk, where vital
information
>> for its functioning are stored.
>>
>> This virus acts in the following manner:
>> It sends itself automatically to all contacts on your list with the
>> title:
>>
>> "A Card for You".
>>
>> As soon as the supposed virtual card is opened the computer freezes
>> so that the user has to reboot. When the ctrl+alt+delkeys or the
>> reset button are pressed, the virus destroys Sector Zero, thus
>> permanently destroying the hard disk. Yesterday in just a few hours
>> this virus caused panic in New York, according to news broadcast by
>> CNN.
>>
>> This alert was received by an employee of Microsoft itself. So don't
>> open any mails with subject: "A Virtual Card for You." As soon as
>> you get the mail, delete it!! Even if you know the sender !!!
>>
>>


My response, short but sassy nonetheless, if you pay attention and read between the lines, or at least, pay close attention to the last link:

>>> Trase Notestine 01/28 9:46 AM >>>
Yes. :)

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

http://www.vmyths.com/hoax.cfm?id=272&page=3

http://vmyths.com/resource.cfm?id=19&page=1

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This man is the DIRECTOR of Technology here. He is constantly questioning all of us and acting skeptical of our knowledge, all the while acting as if he is the Super Genius of All Things Technical.

*evilgiggle* Yeah, right!

Comments

[thalionar.livejournal.com]

lol... too funny :)

[compwizrd.livejournal.com]

Got that from one of my end-users. I'm glad there wasn't instructions to "remove the teddy-bear" like that java one had...

Hmm...

[rileydag.livejournal.com]

...five bucks says that he's a customer of a certain ISP that's offering free virus protection software because he loves to keep loading Ebates and Bonzai Buddy.

:-)

[jacobine.livejournal.com]

...

I'm just glad when my users actually email me to ask if things are valid rather than emailing it to everyone first. Some of them do that.

I recognize those things from the first two or three words, at this rate. Gah.

[pygmymetal.livejournal.com]

*sigh* My CIO thinks my users should write technical design specifications. My boss told our datawarehouse team they didn't need an ETL because 'developers get bored when that happens'. *sigh*

[valiskeogh.livejournal.com]

please please please tell me he was joking,...

[kitschicat.livejournal.com]

Sadly, no.

[compwizrd.livejournal.com]

i can actually recognize spam from the shape of the email nowadays.

[jacobine.livejournal.com]

Hah. Usually I can tell by the subject line. But yeah, the shape of it... It helps that I have image blocking on in my email program.

[compwizrd.livejournal.com]

neither my phone or my main email client will let me display images no matter what, so spam doesn't really bother me in the first place...

Re: Hmm...

[dmsalem00.livejournal.com]

<3 EBates MoMoney <3