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So I just got another one of these:
Preface: This was sent to my mom and dad by my old Kindergarden teacher, my mom or dad forwarded it to me for verification (my mom's an EA/TA at my old gradeschool).
This is the third time this year that I've gotten virtually the same shit forwarded to me.
IT MAKES ME SO ANGRY.
NERD RAGE RAWR
Preface: This was sent to my mom and dad by my old Kindergarden teacher, my mom or dad forwarded it to me for verification (my mom's an EA/TA at my old gradeschool).
Subject: Fw: Virus Warning
NOT SURE ABOUT THIS BUT PASSING IT ALONG.
(signed Kindergarden Teacher)
Original Message
Hi All,
I checked with Norton Anti-Virus, and they are gearing up for this virus!
I checked Snopes (URL above:), and it is 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 few days. Do not open any message
with an attachment entitled 'POSTCARD FROM HALLMARK,' 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
NOT SURE ABOUT THIS BUT PASSING IT ALONG.
(signed Kindergarden Teacher)
Original Message
Hi All,
I checked with Norton Anti-Virus, and they are gearing up for this virus!
I checked Snopes (URL above:), and it is 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 few days. Do not open any message
with an attachment entitled 'POSTCARD FROM HALLMARK,' 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
This is the third time this year that I've gotten virtually the same shit forwarded to me.
IT MAKES ME SO ANGRY.
NERD RAGE RAWR
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DID IT WIPE
I love that part. No further instruction, just SHUT IF OFF.
Buy a new one I guess.
This is probably viral (ha) marketing by apple.
JordynNolz.com <- All my blogs (Shepard, Wasted, J'onn, DCAU) are here now!
JordynNolz.com <- All my blogs (Shepard, Wasted, J'onn, DCAU) are here now!
Me anymore: You know what? I don't either I'm going home.
Attach it to a stupidly ridiculous chain letter, and set it to activate when someone forwards said chain letter.
This is a good way of stopping all the stupid people from procreating successfully.
She swears that the very first class she had, when she told them to use their mouse to click an icon, one of them physically picked the mouse up, placed it on the screen, and began clicking madly.
I'm not sure how I would have handled myself had I seen this in person.
Also, first time on the PC, after working on a mac for 14 years, she clicked the red "X" to see what it did.
Then she freaked the fuck out
I left the house and walked my dog
skip forward 40, 50 years
Gabe is talking to his grandson about installing a chip in his head, and his grandson complains because it's so easy
Check the vending machines
JEEZ
My Mum regularly operates the ancient sound system in our lounge which has like 8 dials and 7 switches on it and I still don't fully understand it, but she thinks an iPod shuffle is too complicated.
Jesus what a total card your friend is.
Yeah basically all of this.
I gave up trying to help mum with the family PC after a slight altercation in which she blamed me for something fucking up on the PC (again), so I just said "you know what, fuck you and the PC, I'm buying a laptop and looking after all my shit on that. If anything happens to the PC from now on, it's entirely your fault because I won't have touched the computer at all, and it will be your fucking job to fix it, and you can't say otherwise".
I've held pretty true to my word so far, apart from one thing. A short while back mum managed to somehow install one of those fake anti-virus imitator programs which was totally fucking with shit, so I decided to format the PC for her, but that's been it.
I find it even more hilarious when it ends up being their fault.
One guy started yelling at me saying I broke his internet and there was a conspiracy against him. Apparently my company wants to keep him off the net and "Leave him lost and confused" so we "Can put our hands in his wallet while he was dazed"
Turns out he needed to turn his monitor on.
Tumblr
"I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO PLUG IN THE CAMERA THERE'S LIKE SIX PLACES THAT ALL LOOK THE SAME"
TRY ONE OF THEM
I DON'T WANT TO MESS ANYTHING UP.
LISTEN CAN'T YOU JUST DRIVE ON DOWN HERE DURING YOUR BREAK AND FIX IT?
I THINK THE COMPUTER HAS A VIRUS AND THAT'S WHAT'S CAUSING IT.
IT MUST BE FROM THOSE COMPUTER GAMES YOU USED TO PLAY.
My stepmother was convinced that my looking at Penny Arcade is what caused her computer to crash the last time I came over. I was like, "Honestly, it's only text and images, I'm not downloading anything, I'm not even on the forums."
She was not convinced and said visiting a site for a webcomic was the exact same thing as downloading haxxor phil3s to get teh interpr0n.
Nope, it was a retail copy of a semi-popular computer game franchise.
Apparently this and AIM "left our computer open to attackers".
OUR GENERATOR IS DOWN!
So much.
It's not gonna download itself.
only then will the CPU be able to operate at optimal efficiency
I'm going to reformat your hard drive(s) now, that operating system is the biggest culprit so do NOT reinstall it