It's Firefox 3 Download Day
Follow-up to Get a fantastic web browser, and set a Guinness World Record from The randomness of tomorrow, today!
Writing about web page http://www.spreadfirefox.com/en-US/worldrecord/
Firefox 3 should be released about now.
For the next 24 hours, all full downloads (updates do not count) should count towards their world record attempt. So what are you waiting for?
Sue
I’ve just had this warning sent to me:-
BIG virus coming
I checked with Norton Anti-Virus, and they are gearing up for this virus!
I checked snopes.com, this morning, and it’s for real!!
Get this E-mail message sent around to your contacts ASAP.
PLEASE FORWARD THIS WARNING AMONG FRIENDS, FAMILY AND CONTACTS!
You should be alert during the next several weeks. 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 drive) 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! This includes all cards,
too. 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 your 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.
17 Jun 2008, 20:22
According to Snopes, the virus that message refers to is real, but the email blows it all out of proportion:
17 Jun 2008, 20:28
Has anyone ever heard of anyone who actually had their computer slapped by such a virus?
18 Jun 2008, 10:30
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