POSSIBLE? Very dangerous computer virus (fwd)

[theteach <theteach@theteachonline.net>]

Received this from another list.  I visited the snopes.com site.  Seems it 
might be legitimate.  I hope our techie talkies can advise us.

alex


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Dear Folk, I checked with Norton Anti-Virus, and they are gearing up for 
this virus! Apparently the subject line with the virus is: You've received 
a postcard from a Family Member I checked snopes.com <http://snopes.com/> 
, and it is for real!! http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/postcard.asp 
Get this E-mail message sent around to your contacts ASAP. Below is what 
SNOPES says.


 PLEASE FORWARD THIS WARNING AMONG FRIENDS, FAMILY AND CONTACTS!

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 not open 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.