HUGE VIRUS COMING: PLEASE READ & FORWARD

I received this from a friend the other day:

Hi All,

I checked with Norton Anti-Virus, and they are gearing up for this virus!
I checked Snopes, and it is for real. Get this E-mail message sent around to all your contacts ASAP.& nbsp;

PLEASE FORWARD THIS WARNING AMONG YOUR 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 drive of your computer.

This virus will be received from someone who has your e-mail address on his/her contact list. That 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 if it is 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 a hoax.

Please check out these links:

• Urban Legends
  
• Snopes
  
• Antivirus.com
  
• Squidoo.com
  
• Skylark Networks
  

I googled "POSTCARD FROM HALLMARK", and these links above were in the top 10 results.

From the Urban Legends site:

Some versions of this hoax claim the information was "verified" on Snopes.com. This is NOT true. What has been verified on Snopes.com is adifferent e-card virus threat with a similar name. (see http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_you_received_greeting_card.htm)

DO beware of phony "Hallmark" (or other) e-card notices -- they may carry a real virus.

DON'T be confused by the false descriptions in the emails quoted below.

From the Snopes site:

Although the Postcard virus is real, it isn't a "BIG VIRUS COMING" (It's already been around in multiple forms for a long time now), it will not "burn the whole hard disk" of your computer, CNN didn't classify it as the "worst virus" ever...

The link from Skylark Networks shows a picture of a real email notice from Hallmark, so if you should receive an e-card email, you can verify that it's legit or suspect.