Another Of Those Virus Warnings

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  1. dreamboy3000

    dreamboy3000 Well-Known Member

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    I got this in a email forwarded. Dunno how true it is............

    Please Be Extremely Careful
    especially if using internet mail such as Yahoo, Hotmail, AOL and so on.

    This information arrived this morning direct from both Microsoft and Norton.

    Please send it to everybody you know who has access to the Internet.

    You may receive an apparently harmless email with a Power Point presentation

    'Life is beautiful.'

    If you receive it DO NOT OPEN THE FILE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES , and delete it immediately.

    If you open this file, a message will appear on your screen saying: 'It is too late now, your life is no longer beautiful.'

    Subsequently you will LOSE EVERYTHING IN YOUR PC and the person who sent it to you will gain access to your name, e-mail and password.

    This is a new virus which started to circulate on Saturday afternoon.

    AOL has already confirmed the severity, and the antivirus software's are not capable of destroying it.

    The virus has been created by a hacker who calls himself 'life owner.'
     
  2. Fef

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    I received the exact same message over 2 weeks ago now, so not sure which Saturday afternoon they refer to.
     
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    http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2002-011511-0444-99&tabid=2 nt
     
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    Farnham_Red Administrator Staff Member Admin

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    A good rule of thumb

    Any virus warning that says
    this information has come from ... microsoft, the police... etc
    and says "please forward to everyone...."

    is 99.99% certain to be a hoax
     

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