Life is Beatiful 'Virus'

[leosayer]

Are messages like this just a lot of bo:censored:0x?


> > > >Subject: Fw: VERY IMPORTANT WARNING< BR>> > > >
> > > >VERY IMPORTANT WARNING
> > > >
> > > >Please Be Extremely Careful especially if using
> > internet mail
> > > >such as Yahoo, Hotmail, 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."
> > > >
> > > >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 PASS IT ON
> > > >IMMEDIATELY.
> > > >
> > > >

[zumbruk]

Yes.

You can check up on such things on the virus scanner manufacturer web sites. I use www.sophos.com

[Jinx]

This virus has been the bain of my life...

<<You have just received an Irish virus. Since we are not so technologically advanced in Ireland, this is a MANUAL virus.
<<
<<Please delete all the files on your hard disk yourself and send this mail to everyone you know.
<<
<<That'd be grand, tanx.
<<
<<Paddy O'Hacker

[zumbruk]

Or alternatively;

www.duke.edu/~charlie/AmishVirus.html