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Post by Plocket on Nov 17, 2006 12:06:19 GMT
This is not a joke!
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 PowerPoint
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."
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Post by sleepysunday on Nov 17, 2006 12:13:17 GMT
No, it's not a joke, it's a hoax Life is beautiful hoax Discovered: January 15, 2002 Updated: September 18, 2002 08:18:39 PM PDT Type: Hoax Symantec Security Response encourages you to ignore any messages regarding this hoax. It is harmless and is intended only to cause unwarranted concern. Please ignore any messages regarding this hoax and do not pass on messages. Passing on messages about the hoax only serves to further propagate it. Life is beautiful hoax |
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Post by Spruance on Nov 17, 2006 12:23:04 GMT
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Post by Jonah on Nov 17, 2006 12:56:48 GMT
Why on earth do people waste time cooking these silly things up? Do they actually achieve anything. or do they just not have a life!!!  |
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Post by Plocket on Nov 17, 2006 18:55:00 GMT
So how did you find out that it's a hoax? And what on earth is the point of someone wasting their time creating it if it's so easily revealed as a hoax??? GGGGRRRRRRR! That makes me so cross!  |
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Post by sleepysunday on Nov 17, 2006 19:30:53 GMT
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Post by Jonah on Nov 17, 2006 20:37:51 GMT
I can see why they create viruses, to cause chaos and mayhem for people, but why the hoaxes? Do you suppose it is to cause chaos and mayhem, without actually causing chaos and mayhem? Does that make any sense?  I think they need to get out a bit more! |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2006 9:42:41 GMT
this is my standard reply to such e-mails .......... hope no one takes offence. This e-mail is a hoax, as are 100% of e-mails that threaten dire warnings and instruct you to e-mail all your friends. IF you're not brave enough to delete such e-mails immediately, go to us.mcafee.com/ and check in their virus vault as to whether the virus exists or not. As incompetent as Microsoft are, do you really think they expect people to pass official warnings from user to user by e-mail ? It's common sense not to open unknown attachments without virus checking them first, and if you have sufficient updated protection, you will have no worries. If you don't, you deserve all you get. All these e-mails do is create panic and use up valuable bandwidth. Here are some more useful links, run these and you should be safe enough. free.grisoft.com/doc/1spybot.safer-networking.de/en/index.htmlwww.lavasoftusa.com/products/ad-aware_se_personal.phpwww.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.htmlThese are all freeware programmes that don't cost a penny. I don't work for any of these company, I am just a regular computer user, that takes adequate protection. I have lost count of the times that I have sent this advice out. Be safe but be aware. Please send this e-mail to all your friends and some day this rubbish will stop. Kind regards (do you like the irony in the last line).  |
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