| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
hotspot
Dawlight
Joined: 25 Sep 2004
Post Count: 261
Location: Falena
147042 Potch
53 Soldiers
0 Nation Points
|
 Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 5:51 pm Post subject: FW Virus going around |
  |
|
I got this email from my aunt
| Quote: |
E X T R E M E L Y I M P O R T A N T!!!!!!!!!
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 a seemingly 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
ALSO!
|
_________________
Suiko-Kya-Cross
It's a forum about the Suikoden, Chrono and Kya Dark Lineage games. series.
http://suiko-kya-cross.tk
 |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
Amyral
Windriders
Joined: 18 Sep 2006
Post Count: 1355
Location: Sawgrass Landing
544907 Potch
4066 Soldiers
620 Nation Points
|
| Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 6:38 pm Post subject: |
|
|
yeah, I think the policy of not opening e-mails/attachments unless you were expecting them works wonders...
Also, not opening forwarded e-mails = bonus |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
HarmonianHiccup
Over-Enthusiastic Archaeologists
Joined: 11 Feb 2006
Post Count: 2832
Location: Zexen Forest
1333002 Potch
444 Soldiers
440 Nation Points
|
| Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 7:12 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Has anyone checked this out on Snopes? THere are so many things like this going around all the time that are totally and completely fake...
_________________
Proud Owner and Operator of The Hiccup's Speciality Grassland Atelier, the only place to find Electric Whiffle Bats! |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Tonberry
The Tonberry Eggsperience
Joined: 09 Mar 2005
Post Count: 18319
Location: Budehuc Castle
1819401 Potch
0 Soldiers
0 Nation Points
|
| Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 7:29 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Wikipedia says that the Life Is Beautiful email is six years old.
In any case, there's not much left to discuss. People can see the warning, though most of us are fairly computer savvy and wouldn't fall victim to such trickery.
-closed- |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
