Another hacker warning

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_res...444-99&tabid=2

Originally Posted by timwilky

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

See http://www.symantec.com/security_res...444-99&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)

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

Originally Posted by hovis

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

did i do wrong?

Originally Posted by mrs24_7

did i do wrong?

not IMO.

[fizzwheel]

Originally Posted by hovis

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.

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!