# MA-030.072001: MyCERT Advisory - "A Virtual Card For You"

**Date:** 20 Jul 2001  
**Source:** https://www.mycert.org.my/portal/advisory?id=MA-030.072001  
**Advisory ID:** MA-030.072001

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MyCERT received an alert regarding circulation of an an email with title: " WORST EVER VIRUS (CNN announced) PLEASE SEND THIS TO EVERYONE ON YOUR CONTACT LIST !!" ??
Please be informed that this is a typical Hoax which utilizes big name (CNN, Microsoft...) asking the recipients to forward the mail to all your friends and people you know.
Detail information on this hoax is available at:
http://www.antivirus.com/vinfo/hoaxes/hoax5.asp?HName=A+Virtual+Card+For+You
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/virtual.card.for.you.html
We advise users who received such an email to ignore or delete it, and do not forward it around as it just further propagates the circulation.
Users also can verify any emails which they are unsure of hoax or real virus, with MyCERT.