"Life is Beautiful" VIRUS WARNING (Hoax)

Subject: VIRUS WARNING
From: Mick Woods
Date: 14 May 08 - 04:55 AM

Here is something that I have received at work this morning:

WARNING There is an email that you may find in your in box with a PowerPoint presentation called "Life is beautiful" If you receive it DO NOT OPEN THE FILE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, delete it immediately. If you do open this file, a message will appear on your screen saying: "It is too late now, your life is no longer beautiful" and you will LOSE EVERYTHING ON YOUR PC and the person who sent it to you will gain access to your name, e-mail and passwords and any other sensitive data.This is a new virus which started to circulate on Saturday afternoon. AOL and microsoft have already confirmed the severity, antivirus software is not capable of destroying it.This virus has been created by a hacker who calls himself 'life owner'

Subject: RE: VIRUS WARNING
From: Rasener
Date: 14 May 08 - 05:06 AM

Do you mean this one Mick

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

or

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_is_beautiful_virus_hoax

Subject: RE: VIRUS WARNING
From: GUEST,allan
Date: 14 May 08 - 05:30 AM

Yes

whenever you get one of these it's always worth checking with the site quoted (in this case AOL)because if it is true it will be in big type on their front page. 99.9% of these are hoaxes and designed to panic people to e mail all thier contacts and therefore clog up the e mail servers by what is in truth spam.

Subject: RE: VIRUS WARNING
From: Rasener
Date: 14 May 08 - 05:54 AM

Exactly Allan, plus the time wasted by each individual who receives the e-mail.

It's the same old rule.

If you don't know who the sender is and if there is an attachement that you are unsure of, just delete it and get on with life.

Subject: RE: VIRUS WARNING
From: Mick Woods
Date: 14 May 08 - 06:22 AM

Oooops I fell for this one. It's crap and its 6 years old!

Subject: RE: VIRUS WARNING
From: Rasener
Date: 14 May 08 - 06:37 AM

LOL egg in yer face :-)

Subject: RE: VIRUS WARNING
From: AlexB
Date: 14 May 08 - 01:38 PM

Actually I think it is more to harvest email addresses. Most people just hit forward and don't remove the addresses of the previous batch of people.Eventually it'll reach some opportunist who then gains a whole bunch of email addresses to spam.

Subject: RE: VIRUS WARNING
From: Peace
Date: 14 May 08 - 01:46 PM

Mick, I thank you. I'd rather be warned about a hoax than not told about a real virus.

Subject: RE: VIRUS WARNING
From: Cattail
Date: 14 May 08 - 02:00 PM

I'm with Peace, thanks for the attempted warning Mick.

Cheers

Cattail !

Subject: RE: VIRUS WARNING
From: Bonnie Shaljean
Date: 14 May 08 - 02:04 PM

Yep, from me too. I've fallen for a few of those in my time - I think most of us have.

Subject: RE: VIRUS WARNING
From: jacqui.c
Date: 14 May 08 - 07:20 PM

Snopes is a good place to go to check out the veracity of these things.

Subject: RE: "Life is Beautiful" VIRUS WARNING (Hoax)
From: Joe Offer
Date: 15 May 08 - 02:10 AM

I got the "Life Is Beautiful" Powerpoint last week, and it was very nice. I scanned it first, of course.
So far, no problem.
-Joe-

Subject: RE: "Life is Beautiful" VIRUS WARNING (Hoax)
From: Amos
Date: 15 May 08 - 09:34 AM

Check with Snopes on these -- or one of several debunker sites -- before you hot the alrm switch, guys. They give you the straight dope on most hoaxes. Be suspicious of any virus warning that predicts catastrophic general consequences in this sort of language. There is no virus out there which will destroy your pick up truck, give your dog a strange African disease, and convince your wofe to join a convent.


A

Subject: RE: "Life is Beautiful" VIRUS WARNING (Hoax)
From: beardedbruce
Date: 15 May 08 - 09:45 AM

Amos,

Will you be bringing the wofe to the Getaway?

Subject: RE: "Life is Beautiful" VIRUS WARNING (Hoax)
From: Don(Wyziwyg)T
Date: 15 May 08 - 09:45 AM

Or even your wife?
Don T.