[dba-Tech] Virus coming

I tend to agree with you.

It will just get rid of a few thousand newbies. 

There have been many virus over the years that have clobbered the zero/boot
track but their popularity waned as the new breed of malware just wants to
take over you machine or monitor your activity, in other wards their goal is
financial.

Many years ago, I had a Norton's boot disk that resolved that problem by
rewriting the boot track with a stored backup. There is also a Microsoft
tool called Bootrec. The only thing you would need is a boot disk/DVD/USB.

Jim   

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[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Tydda Jon -
Slough
Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2012 7:23 AM
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Virus coming

To be honest, anyone that opens an "e-card from Hallmark" in this day and
age deserves everything they get :-)


Jon

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[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller
Sent: 06 December 2012 15:20
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: [dba-Tech] Virus coming

I've just recently learned of a virus that was described by CNN as the most
destructive ever seen. It poses as a Hallark e-postcard and the subject of
the email is either Postcard or Postcard from Hallmark.

The virus destroys the zero sector of your main hard disk. McAfee discovered
it yesterday.

--
Arthur
Cell: 647.710.1314

Prediction is difficult, especially of the future.
  -- Niels Bohr
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