catgate Posted January 17, 2007 Report Share Posted January 17, 2007 I just received the following from my sister, who of course had it sent from elsewhere.It may be just puff or it may be real. VERY IMPORTANT WARNINGPlease 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 Pointpresentation "Life is beautiful."If you receive it DO NOT OPEN THE FILE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, and 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.!PLEASE SEND A COPY OF THIS EMAIL TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS and ask them to PASS IT ON IMMEDIATELY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted January 17, 2007 Report Share Posted January 17, 2007 It is a hoaxClick here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted January 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2007 It is a hoaxClick hereI am glad about that. It just goes to show. Not sure what. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted January 17, 2007 Report Share Posted January 17, 2007 It is a hoaxClick hereI am glad about that. It just goes to show. Not sure what.What do these people get out of doing this? They must be truely wacky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted January 19, 2007 Report Share Posted January 19, 2007 This hoax has been discovered Jan 2002 (5 years ago!), and added to every antivirus company's database, e.g. http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_99307.htm. Yet people are still sending this crap around - in fact I am getting one of these every one or two months or so.Please see here for a list of past hoaxes that are still making the rounds.If you ever get a "virus warning" from a friend, with the "advice" to forward it to everyone you know, just delete it. Spreading such hoaxes does nothing to help prevent malware, in contrary, it further helps to confuse inexperienced computer users. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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