Computer Virus to be aware of!!

[cptkirk321]

From: >VERY IMPORTANT WARNING
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>Please Be Extremely Careful especially if
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> > using internet mail such as Yahoo, Hotmail, AOL and so on.
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> > information arrived this morning direct from both
>Microsoft and
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> > Norton. Please send it to everybody you knowwho has access
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> > Internet. You may receive an apparently harmless email
>with a
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> > Power Point presentation "Life is beautiful."
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> > If you receive it DO NOT OPEN THE FILE UNDER ANY
>CIRCUMSTANCES, and
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> > delete it immediately.
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> > If you open this file, a messagewill appear on your screen
>saying:
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> > "It istoo late now, your life is no longer beautiful."
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> > Subsequently you will LOSE EVERYTHING IN YOUR PC and the
>person who
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> > sent it to you will gain access to your name, e-mail
>andpassword.
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> > this is a new virus which started to circulate on Saturday
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> > afternoon. AOL has already confirmed the severity, and the
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> > antivirus software's are not capable of destroying it.
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> > The virus has been created by a hacker who calls himself
>"life owner."
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> > PLEASE SEND A COPY OF THIS EMAIL TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS and
>ask them to
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> > PASS IT ON IMMEDIATELY.

[Dr. Jack]

Thanks cpt

[Bobtheicon]

Hoax. Please ignore.

Amazingly, the "Life is Beautiful" hoax is still very much active "in the wild". I'm quite surprised at the tenacity of this hoax. In spite of the fact that it has been thoroughly debunked on many different websites, email discussion groups and news groups for well over a year, it continues to circulate.

There are a number of versions of the hoax, some of which are in Portuguese. French, Italian and German.

There is not, nor has there ever been, a virus like the one described in the hoax email.

[The Judge]

This is copied directly from Symantec's (Norton Anti Viurs) website:

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.

LINK

[cptkirk321]

Originally Posted by Bobtheicon

Hoax. Please ignore.

Amazingly, the "Life is Beautiful" hoax is still very much active "in the wild". I'm quite surprised at the tenacity of this hoax. In spite of the fact that it has been thoroughly debunked on many different websites, email discussion groups and news groups for well over a year, it continues to circulate.

There are a number of versions of the hoax, some of which are in Portuguese. French, Italian and German.

There is not, nor has there ever been, a virus like the one described in the hoax email.

Bob thanks, I tend to get alot of these warnings sent to me and normally I do my best to verify them before doing anything about them, unfortunately yesterday when I did receive this email I just didn't have the time to do that and decided and I would rather side on the cautious side and post this and if it wasn't true then somebody could post it, and if it was true then at least I wouldn't of felt bad if somebody got nailed by it.