Stray Cat Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 Just received this in an e-mail: VERY IMPORTANT WARNING !!!!!! Please Be Extremely Careful especially if using internet mail such as Yahoo, Hotmail, and AOL and so on. This information arrived this morning from Microsoft and Norton. Please send it to everybody you know who accesses the Internet. You may receive an apparently harmless email with a Power Point presentation "Life is beautiful. pps". If you receive it DO NOT OPEN THE FILE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, and delete it immediately. I f you open this file, a message will appear on&n bsp;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 gains access to your name, e-mail and password. This is a new virus ! Which started to circulate on Saturday afternoon WE NEED TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO STOP THIS VIRUS. 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&nbs p;MAKE A COPY OF THIS EMAIL TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS and PASS IT ON Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scootray Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 Old news... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stray Cat Posted February 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 Old news...Well it wasn't old news to me and I bet there are some people who didn't know about it, plus I haven't seen it posted on here before so if you knew why didn't you warn of it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MDP Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 i think i got that message like 2 years ago... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stray Cat Posted February 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 Apologies, but I just googled it and apparently it's a 4 year old hoax:http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/life.aspWhy do people waste their time doing this, and why did someone even bother to send the message out again after all this time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scootray Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 i think i got that message like 2 years ago...This is exactly why I never bothered to warn people. I don't see the point anyway, don't open attachments if you don't know what they are. Simple as that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goatboy Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 These emails are themselves viruses, by causing panic and clogging up inboxes. That's why people do it, I guess.Classic signs to look for in such hoaxes include reference to genuine companies (to give the email credibility) and ridiculous statements such as "Please send it to everybody you know who accesses the Internet". Genuine companies would never say such things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 Why do people waste their time doing this' date=' and why did someone even bother to send the message out again after all this time?[/quote']Because people are stupid enough to fall for it and pass it on. Anything that says "pass this on immediately to everyone you know!!!" is almost definitely spam.If you're unsure, google it. Or search snopes (www.snopes.com).For viruses check out the homepages of anti virus companies like Symantec (www.symantec.com) where you can search for information on specific viruses and perform online virus scans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKMartin Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 the person who sent it to you gains access to your nameNo! Not my name! I don't want anyone getting access to my name!AKM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scootray Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 What kind of hacker would be called "Life Owner" anyway?Sure he would call himself l337 hax0r, no? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdman Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 Apologies' date=' but I just googled it and apparently it's a 4 year old hoax:[url']http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/life.aspWhy do people waste their time doing this, and why did someone even bother to send the message out again after all this time?Every single time you get a notification about a virus, ignore it.Almost a 100% of them are made so some kid somewhere can find out that he's made a minor panic effectively round the world.I can see the appeal but I couldn't be arsed - too much competition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swingin' Ryan Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 The funniest one is the E-mail that goes along the line of "Hey this is Dave, the owner of Msn Messenger, we are going to close Messenger unless you prove you use your account and send this E-mail to 700 other people in 2 days". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun Posted February 16, 2006 Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 The funniest one is the E-mail that goes along the line of "Hey this is Dave' date=' the owner of Msn Messenger, we are going to close Messenger unless you prove you use your account and send this E-mail to 700 other people in 2 days".[/quote']hahahaha, dave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scootray Posted February 16, 2006 Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 Everyone knows someone called Dave. It's a fact. And don't try and prove me wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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