Another hacker warning

[Kate Moss]

Recieved this email this morning. Thought I would make people aware just incase.
Please read the message below.
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> Please Be Extremely Careful
> especially if using internet mail such as Yahoo, Hotmail, AOL and so on.
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> This information arrived this morning direct from both Microsoft and
> Norton.
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> Please send it to everybody you know who has access to the Internet.
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> You may receive an apparently harmless email with a Power Point
> presentation
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> 'Life is beautiful.'
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> If you receive it DO NOT OPEN THE FILE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES , and
> delete it immediately.
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> If you open this file, a message will appear on your screen saying: 'It
> is too late now, your life is no longer beautiful.'
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> 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.
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> This is a new virus which started to circulate on Saturday afternoon.
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> AOL has already confirmed the severity, and the antivirus software's are
> not capable of destroying it.
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> The virus has been created by a hacker who calls himself 'life owner.'
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> PLEASE SEND A COPY OF THIS EMAIL TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS and ask them to
> PASS IT ON IMMEDIATELY

[timwilky]

I wish people would check before posting/mailing this sort of stuff, Hoaxes get propogated.

See http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2002-011511-0444-99&tabid=2

[Kinvig]

I wish people would check before posting/mailing this sort of stuff, Hoaxes get propogated.

See http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2002-011511-0444-99&tabid=2


Oh no. Not a hoax!!!!

I even printed off paper copies to give to my friends that don't have access ti a computer. Don't I feel foolish! ;o)

[Kate Moss]

:smt102

[hovis]

here we go again...................... sombody trying to do a "good deed" gets flamed

[Kate Moss]

here we go again...................... sombody trying to do a "good deed" gets flamed

did i do wrong?

[hovis]

did i do wrong?

not IMO.

:smt102

[fizzwheel]

here we go again...................... sombody trying to do a "good deed" gets flamed

What Tim posted isnt a flame, he's just pointing out that its best to double check whether the threat is real or not before posting about it.

He as I do works in I.T. and you see an unbelivable amount of these, just gets a bit tedious after a while...

The basic advice is sound, if you dont recognise the sender and the subject matter isnt something you'd be interested in, don't open the email.

[Law]

Just another chain letter then?

Not as bad as the ones that say "please send this email on as hotmail are testing active accounts via this email. Your account will be deleted if you don't... blah"

You must be really gullible to fall that one.

[Spiderman]

No you didnt do worng but its always a good idea to check "facts" that anyone gives you before taking it as the truth ;)

Especially if its any kinda of fact i've provided. And thats a fact!

[Welsh_Wizard]

I don't think your getting flamed hun', but stuff like this goes round like chinese whispers when there is very little need for it.

Some of the round robin emails I have had over the last few weeks are unbelievable..I think i had about 20 last week alone warning me of a royal mail postal scam.

If you do think there is a chance that its real, just check with Symantec or one of the other virus-checking firms and you'll probably find that it's actually all a load of bolloxs :)

[hovis]

sorry for the exgageration

[timwilky]

Sorry if you think me flaming you. My intention in saying check before posting this sort of stuff is that within my own company people would post this sort of rubbish to everybody in their mailbox who in turn post it to all their mailbox ad infinitum.

The only people who should ever be distributing alerts are genuine IT security types. By propagating these hoaxes, there is the chance that a genuine alert would be missed.

If you receive an alert. Check it out and act upon it if genuine. But never ever propagate them.

[Kate Moss]

No you didnt do worng but its always a good idea to check "facts" that anyone gives you before taking it as the truth ;)

Especially if its any kinda of fact i've provided. And thats a fact!


i wouldn't know where to go to check "facts" !! just wouldn't want it to hapen to someone and then realise that i could have said something

[Kinvig]

My fave was about 3 years ago when a girl at our office received an email from a friend saying that there was a new virus out & she had to look in one of her folders for a file that had a "teddy bear" icon - if she saw it, it was bestto delete it....which she promptly did then forwarded the email to the whole company...so more people deleted the file.

More info here:

http://www.hoax-slayer.com/teddy-bear-virus-hoax.html

[K]

Awwww, lookit da cute ickle bear. ;)

[phil24_7]

Please excuse my girlfriend, she's not that computer literate and doesn't know how/where/when to check these sorts of things, she just likes to do good deeds!

Just another chain letter then?

You must be really gullible to fall that one.

Please see the "women, love em" thread! :-D

[Spiderman]

i wouldn't know where to go to check "facts" !! just wouldn't want it to hapen to someone and then realise that i could have said something

Ah, well aint you sweet ;)

Google can be a good friend for these things. Just try typing something relevant like "life is beautiful + virus" and see what it brings up. :D

[Kate Moss]

ok, i've learned my lesson now!

[Richie]

Will I get 7 years bad luck now for not forwarding them on then...?

[Kate Moss]

Will I get 7 years bad luck now for not forwarding them on then...?

yes i think so!