This is another scam please read this

[HOGGY952]

VERY IMPORTANT , PLEASE READ THIS

Anyone-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 e-mail titled '*Mail Server Report'*
If you open either 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 SNOPE S.

 

[empip]

Come on 'oggy FFS !!

http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/lifevirus.html

...First, the official denial from Symantec, makers of Norton Antivirus: "Symantec Security Response encourages you to ignore any messages regarding this hoax. It is harmless and is intended only to cause unwarranted concern."

Now, let's look at the red flags that it's a hoax:

"This information arrived this morning, from Microsoft and Norton."
Arrived where? When was this morning? Microsoft is not in the anti-virus business and does not issue virus alerts. Norton is the brand name of an antivirus program by Symantec Corporation.

"Please send it to everybody you know who accesses the Internet."
No antivirus company distributes information in this fashion.

"You may receive an apparently harmless email with a PowerPoint presentation called 'Life is beautiful.pps.'"
It is possible for a PowerPoint file to be infected with some types of viruses, but this vulnerability is easily patched with updates from Microsoft. Besides, what's keeping someone along the line from changing the file name and sending it to you?

"If you receive it DO NOT OPEN THE FILE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, and delete it immediately."
Real virus warnings tell you about patches and software updates that would provide real protection. They might also include instruction for cleaning the infection and steps to take to report the virus to the authorities. Deleting an infected attachment doesn't protect you from future infections, nor would it remove any existing infections.

"This is a new virus which started to circulate on Saturday afternoon."
When was Saturday? Virtually every virus warning hoax is about a "new" virus, even though some of them have been circulating for years. This lends credence to the following mistaken assertion that the antivirus wouldn't yet be on top of it.

"UOL has already confirmed its dangerousness, and the antivirus Softs are not capable of destroying it."
UOL is a Latin American e-mail provider and, as such, would be just as unlikely an expert source on this as Microsoft. But, if so much is known about this virus, why can't the antivirus programs detect it and protect against it? In reality, most antivirus companies issue updates within hours of a new virus being detected.

The warning concludes with a description of the hacker's motives in this attack, making it seem like you could be an innocent victim in the war between big business and the little hacker - a common theme in e-mail hoaxes.

Relying on anonymously authored and randomly forwarded e-mail warnings to protect you and your PC from virus infection is akin to hanging out in a hospital to protect yourself from the flu. It doesn't provide any safeguards and, in fact, places you at increased risk. There is no substitute for antivirus software. It's inexpensive and readily available (check our links for some of the more popular applications). Install it, keep it updated, and never forward another virus warning. Break this Chain....

 

[regsmyth]

Such a nasty virus - thought I'd find references to it all over the place. Nothing.

Stop this rumour mongering and get on with your diy instead.

 

[JohnD]

...Please send it to everybody you know who has Access to the Internet....

...PLEASE SEND A COPY OF THIS E-MAIL
TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS...

Come on, Hoggy, you know what that means!

THIS HAS BEEN CONFIRMED BY SNOPE S.

Oh no it hasn't

http://search.atomz.com/search/?sp-...e=-1&sp-x=any&sp-c=100&sp-m=1&sp-s=0&x=23&y=8

This information arrived this morning,

Date Discovered: 1/15/2002

 

[HOGGY952]

sorry lads ive been had myself,must have a drink to calm my nerves.

 

[JohnD]

Instead of saying "THIS HAS BEEN CONFIRMED BY SNOPE S." calm yourself by looking at www.snopes.com yourself.

Who's sending you this stuff? Give them a thick ear and tell them to read //www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=189965&highlight=

 

[Steve]

When I get an email that says "forward this to all your friends", I hit the delete button.

 

[dave.m]

November 2006:
http://www.hoax-slayer.com/life-is-beautiful-virus-hoax.html

April 2008:
http://www.hoax-slayer.com/mail-server-report-hoax.shtml


If you get anymore like this, go to Hoax Slayer:
http://www.hoax-slayer.com/
and type a few words of the text in the searchbox.

Don't feel bad because my b-i-l forwards loads of these to the whole family before he checks them out. Must get three a week of him.

dave

 

[LastMagicBean]

Strip Hoggy of his 'Thanks points' and throw him to the pikies !

 

[Rob]

When I get an email that says "forward this to all your friends", I hit the delete button.

Dont have any?

 

[libby lou lou]

sorry lads ive been had myself,must have a drink to calm my nerves.

Don't feel bad hoggy, we all get conned now and again , by the way have you got £500 i could borrow till next week?

 

[^woody^]

FFS, if you don't recognise the senders name, are not expecting a mail with "Open me" as the title, and don't have spam filters set up, then just delete the bloody emails without wasting your time reading them

 

[Steve]

These emails that will "implode" your computer if you so much as open them . . . . it doesnt matter to a lot of people, since most now use webmail of one form or another! Therefore you are safe, as you're opening the email on a remote server, which is likely protected from all the baddies an email can contain.

Only if you use outlook or a download-then-open programme should you worry about them.

Not sure about lotus notes though - we have this at work, it syncs twice a day with head office email server, and the email program is web-based on the computer, but i think the "web server" is actually on the PC itself. Odd programme. But theoretically you're opening an email on the computer itself, so you are at risk.

 

[Nige F]

When I get an email that says "forward this to all your friends", I hit the delete button.

good job I aint got no friends

 

[JohnD]

These emails that will "implode" your computer if you so much as open them . . . .

says who?