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Has anybody heard of this? - Page 1

Has anybody heard of this?

Posted by: Ghostsanora
Date: 2008-02-16 01:24:14
This came in my e-mail…
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Sent: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 10:36 pm
Subject: Fw: This is a real threat. Please be careful.
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This is a real threat.  I checked it on Norton/Symantec. Please be careful.

Anyone-using Internet mail such as Yahoo, Hotmail, and 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 e-mail 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 anti virus 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 E-MAIL TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS,

And ask them to

PASS IT ON IMMEDIATELY!


THIS HAS BEEN CONFIRMED BY SNOPES

Re: Has anybody heard of this?

Posted by: Abwayax
Date: 2008-02-16 02:14:53
It is a hoax.

http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2002-011511-0444-99&tabid=2

Re: Has anybody heard of this?

Posted by: Newo
Date: 2008-02-16 05:12:06
Instantly the write up says chainmail. Usually if there is anything big they announce in and not make email messages to pass on, too server intessive.
And the fact that they use AOL as a good source :D

Re: Has anybody heard of this?

Posted by: Ghostsanora
Date: 2008-02-21 17:42:36
Well, thank you. I always feel extremely gullible after finding out these things are hoaxes. -_-