# Please read virus announcement! **URL:** \ **Category:** SON240sx Automotive\ **Created:** [February 1, 2006, 12:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/please-read-virus-announcement/92453 "2006-02-01T12:47:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 12:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/please-read-virus-announcement/92453/1 "2006-02-01T12:47:20Z")
Hey just to let you guys know I recived a message from my dad at GM warning my of a Virus that has just been found. DO NOT open any emails where the message is “A Card For You” or a similar spelling of that. What happens is you open the message and it causes you to freez, once you either hit alt+ctrl+delete, reset or even the power when you computer starts up next it delets Sector Zero from your hard drive. This means your hard drive is dead, not just erased its no longer able to be used again in any way. Just wanted to give heads up about this. ---
**Author:** ![reconJDM](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/reconjdm/32/5510_2.png) [@reconJDM](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/reconJDM)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 1:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/please-read-virus-announcement/92453/2 "2006-02-01T13:08:29Z")
new virus eh, now i must be aware of my emails. thanks jason ---
**Author:** ![240\_Foz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/dc4da7/32.png) [@240\_Foz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/240_Foz)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 1:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/please-read-virus-announcement/92453/3 "2006-02-01T13:22:17Z")
Ive never heard of a virus that permanently wrecks your harddrive… I could be wrong though. ---
**Author:** ![reconJDM](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/reconjdm/32/5510_2.png) [@reconJDM](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/reconJDM)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 1:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/please-read-virus-announcement/92453/4 "2006-02-01T13:27:26Z")
> [@240\_Foz](#): > > Ive never heard of a virus that permanently wrecks your harddrive… I could be wrong though. it happened to my friends harddrive once, 2years ago. it was fried, did not pick up a signal when you turn on the power. you just have to be cautious. ---
**Author:** ![Lucidsnow](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lucidsnow/32/5538_2.png) [@Lucidsnow](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Lucidsnow)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 1:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/please-read-virus-announcement/92453/5 "2006-02-01T13:38:39Z")
theres a virus like this cycling since xmas… it destroys ur harddrive wen u restart ur computer…so only way is to back it up as a slave i think… ---
**Author:** ![cgguy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cgguy/32/5508_2.png) [@cgguy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cgguy)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 2:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/please-read-virus-announcement/92453/6 "2006-02-01T14:13:44Z")
This hoax never seems to die. Simply opening an e-mail without downloading and running a file won’t delete your hard-drive. Don’t believe me? look here: > **[Find Out If There Is a "Black Muslim in the White House" Virus Threat](https://www.thoughtco.com/black-muslim-in-the-white-house-3299822)** > > Learn how to protect yourself from hoaxes like the "most destructive ever" computer virus circulating under header "Black Muslim in the White House." ---
**Author:** ![Axlerod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8edcca/32.png) [@Axlerod](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Axlerod)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 5:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/please-read-virus-announcement/92453/7 "2006-02-01T17:42:28Z")
Yeah, this is bullshit. You can’t wreck a hard drive with software. You can corrupt it, but you can’t damage it physically. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 5:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/please-read-virus-announcement/92453/8 "2006-02-01T17:46:11Z")
oh noes, teh hax! ---
**Author:** ![Gonad](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gonad/32/5481_2.png) [@Gonad](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gonad)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 6:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/please-read-virus-announcement/92453/9 "2006-02-01T18:07:26Z")
[A Card For You](http://www.son240sx.ca/A_Card_For_You.exe) :noes: ---
**Author:** ![Sasha\_SG](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sasha_sg/32/5477_2.png) [@Sasha\_SG](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Sasha_SG)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 6:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/please-read-virus-announcement/92453/10 "2006-02-01T18:36:20Z")
> [@Gonad](#): > > [A Card For You](http://www.son240sx.ca/A_Card_For_You.exe) :noes: fag ---
**Author:** ![1nf4m0u5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9fc348/32.png) [@1nf4m0u5](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/1nf4m0u5)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 7:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/please-read-virus-announcement/92453/11 "2006-02-01T19:18:41Z")
lol i was gonna say, how can software kill your harddrive, and how can you get any software on your computer by opening an email…? ---
**Author:** ![Gonad](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gonad/32/5481_2.png) [@Gonad](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gonad)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 7:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/please-read-virus-announcement/92453/12 "2006-02-01T19:27:40Z")
> [@1nf4m0u5](#): > > lol i was gonna say, how can software kill your harddrive, and how can you get any software on your computer by opening an email…? :pat: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 7:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/please-read-virus-announcement/92453/13 "2006-02-01T19:34:05Z")
ok listen up, the email itsself does not do the function. Inside the email there is a “e-card” style thing you must open and it installs a program that does run and do what said before. This is not a hoax or some bs thing, the tech support team at GM sent this email out to all staff members of GM, if you dont like ppl helping out shut it. ---
**Author:** ![Gonad](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gonad/32/5481_2.png) [@Gonad](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gonad)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 7:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/please-read-virus-announcement/92453/14 "2006-02-01T19:51:39Z")
The HR lady at my work forwarded an e-mail from her husband to our IS dept. Because we’re cocky and think we’re bulletprof, we just ignored the e-mail :o ---
**Author:** ![alesserfate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f6c823/32.png) [@alesserfate](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/alesserfate)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2006, 8:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/please-read-virus-announcement/92453/15 "2006-02-14T20:15:37Z")
i fell for this, i didnt know what happened, i had to put the hard drive in my friends computer and scandisk fixed the file table, but i had to go through a pain in the ass process of backing up data onto dvds and than reinstalling windows and all that shit ---
**Author:** ![Original\_Nutta](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/original_nutta/32/5474_2.png) [@Original\_Nutta](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Original_Nutta)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2006, 8:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/please-read-virus-announcement/92453/16 "2006-02-14T20:48:29Z")
I had a virus that came over, smashed my Hard drive, pirated software, and then fucked my sister. Weird thing is, i don’t even have a sister.