Shoutbox

Got this email from my Dad's secertary:

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> >>Subject: HACKER INFORMATION - VERY IMPORTANT WARNING - THIS IS NOT A
> >>JOKE!!
> >>Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 14:20:12 +0000 (GMT)
> >>
> >>VERY IMPORTANT WARNING
> >>Subject: FW: Very Important Warning-Not a Joke
> >>
> >>
> >>VERY IMPORTANT WARNING
> >> >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."
> >> >
> >> >PLEASE SEND A COPY OF THIS EMAIL TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS and ask them
> >> >to PASS IT ON IMMEDIATELY

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Dont know if its true or not, but i thought id warn you all just incase

thx man. i never open emails from people i dont know. good you posted. lets hope its isnt too late yet

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Originally posted by Dazmatic
>the antivirus software's are not capable of destroying it.

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Haha, bullshit, why wouldn't a virusscanner be able to delete an infected attachment ? But it is (or should be) common sense not to open any dodgy attachments anyway... and have a good up to date on-access virusscanner installed in case common sense would fail on you.

That's a hoax..

http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/life.is.beautiful.hoax.html
http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/life.asp

Lmao, I read the first 4 lines and saw "Hoax" immediately, im surprised you didnt think that.  Thanks anyway though.

I've gotten the chain mail before....well 1st of all, why would Norton need to send chain mails in the 1st place???????

I've never gotten the actual file before, but this is a pretty widespread chain mail!

Never really did understand these chain letters that get sent around. I see the famous "Hotmail is deleting people" chain letter every so often and it makes me laugh to see how a hotmail header and a name at the bottom of a page can start such a thing. Legit companies would send emails directly to their clients to inform them, not create chain letters. *sigh*

Looch.

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Originally posted by LoochTheMan
Never really did understand these chain letters that get sent around. I see the famous "Hotmail is deleting people" chain letter every so often and it makes me laugh to see how a hotmail header and a name at the bottom of a page can start such a thing. Legit companies would send emails directly to their clients to inform them, not create chain letters. *sigh*

Looch.

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I've gotten a few of those too, with one having a hyperlink to CNN (in March). But I dont think anyone realized, but the date on the article was 2001!!!!!