[Rhodes22-list] Fw: No Joke - Big Virus Coming - Pass It On]

[Herb Parsons]

Like many other things in life, personal experience is probably the best 
teacher. If you'd like, let me know, and I can send you one and you can 
try it out for yourself.

Just bein' anxious to hep out!

Steven Alm wrote:
> What exactly is this thing called a virus?  Are they bad?
>
> Slim
>
> On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 2:11 PM, john Belanger <jhnblngr at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> thanks,
>>
>> s/v 1969 venture 21
>>
>>
>> --- On Fri, 5/30/08, Rik Sandberg <sanderico1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> From: Rik Sandberg <sanderico1 at gmail.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Fw: No Joke - Big Virus Coming - Pass It On]
>>> To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>>> Date: Friday, May 30, 2008, 2:08 PM
>>> John,
>>>
>>> Apparently it isn't real, BUT everybody should read the
>>> information at
>>> this link because there are many viri out there that are
>>> very similar.
>>>
>>> http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_postcard_virus.htm
>>>
>>> Rik
>>>
>>> "Is this gonna' put me in a bad mood? 'Cause
>>> I'm not usually this pleasant".... Rik Sandberg
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> john Belanger wrote:
>>>       
>>>> hello,
>>>> i hope this is real or i hope it isn't. let me err
>>>>         
>>> on the side of caution.
>>>       
>>>> john b
>>>> s/v 1969 venture 21
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  On Fri, 5/30/08,
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> Subject: No Joke - Big Virus Coming - Pass It On]
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>> Date: Friday, May 30, 2008, 11:17 AM
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> Get this E-mail message sent around to your
>>>>> contacts ASAP. > You should be alert during the
>>>>>           
>>> next few
>>>       
>>>>> days. Do not open> any message with an
>>>>>           
>>> attachment
>>>       
>>>>> entitled 'POSTCARD,'> regardless of who
>>>>>           
>>> sent it
>>>       
>>>>> to you. It is a virus which opens> A POSTCARD
>>>>>           
>>> IMAGE,
>>>       
>>>>> which 'burns' the whole hard disc> C of
>>>>>           
>>> your
>>>       
>>>>> computer.  This virus will be received from>
>>>>>           
>>> someone who
>>>       
>>>>> has your e-mail address in his/her contact>
>>>>>           
>>> list. This is
>>>       
>>>>> the reason why you need to send this e-mail> to
>>>>>           
>>> all your
>>>       
>>>>> contacts It is better to receive this message>
>>>>>           
>>> 25 times
>>>       
>>>>> than to receive the virus and open it. If you>
>>>>>           
>>> receive a
>>>       
>>>>> mail called' POSTCARD,' even though
>>>>>           
>>> sent> to you
>>>       
>>>>> by a friend, do no t ope n it! Shut down your>
>>>>>           
>>> computer
>>>       
>>>>> immediately. This is the worst virus announced
>>>>>           
>>> by> CNN.
>>>       
>>>>> It has been classified by Microsoft as the
>>>>>           
>>> most>
>>>       
>>>>> destructive virus ever. This virus was discovered
>>>>>           
>>> by
>>>       
>>>>> McAfee> yesterday, and there is no repair yet
>>>>>           
>>> for this
>>>       
>>>>> kind of> virus. This virus simply destroys the
>>>>>           
>>> Zero
>>>       
>>>>> Sector of the> Hard Disc, where the vital
>>>>>           
>>> information is
>>>       
>>>>> kept.> > > COPY THIS E-MAIL, AND SEND IT
>>>>>           
>>> TO YOUR
>>>       
>>>>> FRIENDS. REMEMBER: IF> YOU SEND IT TO THEM, YOU
>>>>>           
>>> WILL
>>>       
>>>>> BENEFIT ALL OF US. > > > > > >
>>>>>           
>>> Wondering
>>>       
>>>>> what's for Dinner Tonight? Get new twists
>>>>>           
>>> on> family
>>>       
>>>>> favorites at AOL Food.>
>>>>>
>>>>>           
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>>>       
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>>>       
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>>     
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>>>       
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>>>>>           
>>> Initiative
>>>       
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>>>>> MakeCount
>>>>>
>>>>>           
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