ady-b 94 Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 VERY IMPORTANT! PLEASE READ THIS - 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 an apparently harmless e-mail titled Here you have it If you open either 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 originated it 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 antivirus software 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! 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lanesra 4,007 Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 not really switched on with computers so I WOULD OF OPENED IT , cheers for the info mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chimp 299 Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 Life is Beautiful Virus Hoax Outline Warning message claims that an email with an attached Power Point presentation called "Life is beautiful" is a virus that will destroy all files on the infected computer. Brief Analysis The information in the message is false. There is not, nor has there ever been a virus like the one described in this message. The email is a hoax and should not be forwarded to others. Detailed analysis and references below example. Example (Submitted, December 2010) Subject: FW: Fwd: FW: Fwd: READ IMMEDIATELY AND INFORM ALL Please Be Extremely Careful especially if 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 an apparently harmless email 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 Tuesday afternoon. AOL has already confirmed the severity, and the antivirus 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 EMAIL TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS and ask them to PASS IT ON IMMEDIATELY Quote Link to post Share on other sites
harrycatcat 31 Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 I had a similar one recently called "Simon Ashton" but that was a hoax as well Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cupid Stunt 18 Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/hereyouhave.asp Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scalesntails 118 Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 If you receive an email and the subject has FWD:FWD:FWD:FWD:FWD:FWD:FWD:FWD: then the content is bollocks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Malt 379 Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 It sounds like a spam chain email to me... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dave1372 83 Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 VERY IMPORTANT! PLEASE READ THIS - 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 an apparently harmless e-mail titled Here you have it If you open either 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 originated it 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 antivirus software 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! LOOKS LIKE YOU WERE PUNKED Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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