Thanks Choonmin Lee for trying to protect us from some nasty bit of
software, but the virus warning is a hoax.
So please don't forward the message below to 'everyone you know'.
This hoax warning has been running since about May last year.
One place to check on such warnings is
http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/HBHoaxIndex.html Bookmark it, as we seem to
get such warnings on a regular basis.
I think that this hoax checker website is sponsored/put up by the US Dept
of Energy, but not sure.
You can also go to virus checker organisations like Symantec and check
their security section (http://securityresponse.symantec.com/). Doing a
search at this site for 'Life is beautiful' brings up a screen that lets
you know that this email message is a hoax.
Bye
At 02:31 PM 11/04/2003, you wrote:
>Dear all,
>IMPORTANT WARNING
>
>Please Be Extremely Careful Especially if using
>internet mail such as Yahoo, Hotmail 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. pps"
>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. WE NEED TO DO
>EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO STOP THIS VIRUS: AOL has
>already confirmed the severity, and the antiviruses
>Software are not capable! of destroying it. The virus
>has been created by a hacker, who calls himself
>"life owner".
>
>PLEASE MAKE A COPY OF THIS EMAIL TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS
>PASS IT ON
>
>Thanks.
>
>
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