You've received a postcard from a family member!

Syxx_Killer · 07-09-07, 10:28 AM

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

I don't know if this has been posted or not, but be careful guys. Here is a new threat. I have already got a few of these. When I first got one, I wondered who sent it and clicked the link in the e-mail. It said the card failed to load and to download it instead. Well, the download is an EXE, and I knew right then is was bogus. I wouldn't be surprised to get more of these.

The Avon Lady · 07-09-07, 10:30 AM

I didn't doubt for a second what they were but thanks for the link.

August · 07-09-07, 11:39 AM

The link creates a popup that asks if you want to block junk e-mails...

TteFAboB · 07-09-07, 01:55 PM

A friend fell for one of these on Christmass. Because of the special date, he thought it was real. I read on a PC magazine that you should warn people you send virtual postcards to that you've sent them a card so that they know there's a real one somewhere in between the dozens of hooks, and ask for the same to be done with you.

The Munster · 07-09-07, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Syxx_Killer

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

I don't know if this has been posted or not, but be careful guys. Here is a new threat. I have already got a few of these. When I first got one, I wondered who sent it and clicked the link in the e-mail. It said the card failed to load and to download it instead. Well, the download is an EXE, and I knew right then is was bogus. I wouldn't be surprised to get more of these.

Haven't had one but thanks for the warning

Have had a lot of e-mails with titles that don't make any sense; any way of stopping these ?

Iceman · 07-10-07, 02:41 AM

Clicked on one of thoses too...anti-virus caught it.

kiwi_2005 · 07-10-07, 02:52 AM

Nortons 360 All in one, caught it, i have great faith in my Nortons360

Ask me about Nortons two yrs ago and i would of screamed obscenities!

SUBMAN1 · 07-10-07, 10:53 AM

I got a couple, but it has bad english in the writting, and this is coming from a company who creates and sends out cards, not an individual - clue #1, and clue #2 is that it is from an unknown person.

I must admit that they are creative people though. I think most adults would catch something like this, but children with access might be a different story.

-S

TteFAboB · 07-10-07, 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

I got a couple, but it has bad english in the writting, and this is coming from a company who creates and sends out cards, not an individual - clue #1, and clue #2 is that it is from an unknown person.

I must admit that they are creative people though. I think most adults would catch something like this, but children with access might be a different story.

-S

In the case of my friend the e-mail was sent "automatically" by a "worm", so it came to him from a real address of a real individual that was a real friend of my friend, thus why he fell for it. So be carefull even with cards from known people. It may have been the work of a worm.

Thniper · 07-10-07, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Iceman

Clicked on one of thoses too...anti-virus caught it.

With that attitude you teeter on the brink of disaster.

Don't click on anything you don't know for sure, because one day your anti-virus might NOT handle it!!!

*** shakes his head ***

Maybe you'll learn it the hard way (like I did).

Thniper

fredbass · 07-10-07, 11:22 AM

I've been getting a bunch of those at work. So I just keep putting them into my Block list until it eventually stops.

Iceman · 07-10-07, 03:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thniper

Quote:

Originally Posted by Iceman

Clicked on one of thoses too...anti-virus caught it.

With that attitude you teeter on the brink of disaster.

Don't click on anything you don't know for sure, because one day your anti-virus might NOT handle it!!!

*** shakes his head ***

Maybe you'll learn it the hard way (like I did).

Thniper

Lol..dude..relax...I work on computers for a living...reformatting one takes less time than hunting for spyware or viruses...which despite your best intentions something will happen eventually "guaranteed"...either a virus/spyware/hardware failure or some othe act of God...My eggs are definatly not in one basket...if my computer crashed today I would be back up to par by nightfall....

Thank you for the concern though.

The brink of disaster lol..had to reply to dat one....

07-09-07, 11:39 AM	#3
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,197 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	The link creates a popup that asks if you want to block junk e-mails... __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

07-09-07, 01:55 PM	#4
TteFAboB Admiral Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 2,247 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	A friend fell for one of these on Christmass. Because of the special date, he thought it was real. I read on a PC magazine that you should warn people you send virtual postcards to that you've sent them a card so that they know there's a real one somewhere in between the dozens of hooks, and ask for the same to be done with you. __________________ "Tout ce qui est exagéré est insignifiant." ("All that is exaggerated is insignificant.") - Talleyrand

07-10-07, 02:52 AM	#7
kiwi_2005 Eternal Patrol Join Date: May 2004 Location: Aeoteroa Posts: 7,382 Downloads: 223 Uploads: 1	Nortons 360 All in one, caught it, i have great faith in my Nortons360 Ask me about Nortons two yrs ago and i would of screamed obscenities! __________________ RIP kiwi_2005 Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others.

07-10-07, 10:53 AM	#8
SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I got a couple, but it has bad english in the writting, and this is coming from a company who creates and sends out cards, not an individual - clue #1, and clue #2 is that it is from an unknown person. I must admit that they are creative people though. I think most adults would catch something like this, but children with access might be a different story. -S __________________

07-10-07, 11:22 AM	#11
fredbass Ace of the Deep Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: New Port Richey, Fl, USA Posts: 1,066 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I've been getting a bunch of those at work. So I just keep putting them into my Block list until it eventually stops. __________________

07-09-07, 10:28 AM	#1
Syxx_Killer Admiral Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 2,387 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	You've received a postcard from a family member! http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/postcard.asp I don't know if this has been posted or not, but be careful guys. Here is a new threat. I have already got a few of these. When I first got one, I wondered who sent it and clicked the link in the e-mail. It said the card failed to load and to download it instead. Well, the download is an EXE, and I knew right then is was bogus. I wouldn't be surprised to get more of these.

07-09-07, 10:30 AM	#2
The Avon Lady Über Mom Join Date: May 2005 Location: Jerusalem, Israel Posts: 6,147 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I didn't doubt for a second what they were but thanks for the link. __________________ "Victory will come to us from the wombs of our women." - Houari Boumedienne, President of Algeria, Speech before the UN, 1974

07-10-07, 02:41 AM	#6
Iceman Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Mesa AZ, Arizona, USA Posts: 1,253 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Clicked on one of thoses too...anti-virus caught it.