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Hallmark Post Card Virus

View Poll Results: Should we be worried about this?
Yes. 1 50.00%
Be carefull, but its not as bad as it sounds. 1 50.00%
No. 0 0%
Not sure, guess we will just have to see how things play out. 0 0%
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10-Dec-2008, 12:56 AM #1
Hallmark Post Card Virus
I have heard a lot of talk about this, and I thought that I would check and see what everyone in here thinks.
Is it something to be worried about?
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10-Dec-2008, 07:28 PM #2
Some of the Hallmark e-card virus alerts are actually hoaxes.

But, it is true that there are real viruses, trojans, and other malicious programs currently being distributed by means of fake e-card notices.

Just always remember don't click on links or attachments in e-card notices that arrive anonymously, or from senders whose names you don't recognize.
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10-Dec-2008, 08:32 PM #3
I have always used that rule of thumb, but searching around Google it seemed to be that this one was getting pretty hyped up. So, your thinking its not as bad as it sounds?
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11-Dec-2008, 12:31 AM #4
Yeah, you should be ok
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