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new computer virus! PLEASE READ

#1 Postby Amanzi » Wed Jul 30, 2003 10:07 am

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 antivirus Softs 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
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#3 Postby cycloneye » Wed Jul 30, 2003 10:28 am

Thanks Amanzi for letting us know about it and now I will be aware about it.
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#4 Postby Amanzi » Wed Jul 30, 2003 10:37 am

GalvestonDuck wrote:http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/life.htm

'Tis a hoax, not a virus.


Ok thanks Duck, You never know though, Just passing on the word, would hate someone to loose there system :wink:
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#5 Postby wx247 » Wed Jul 30, 2003 10:38 am

Thanks for letting us know GalvestonDuck. Repeating... it is a hoax. I got a hoax email last fall claiming that if you found a purple teddy bear in one of your files that you had to delete it or you would have a virus. It turns out that the teddy bear actually runs some java functions so I screwed up my computer. I always use snopes.com to avoid confusion.
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#6 Postby Lindaloo » Wed Jul 30, 2003 11:22 am

wx247 wrote:Thanks for letting us know GalvestonDuck. Repeating... it is a hoax. I got a hoax email last fall claiming that if you found a purple teddy bear in one of your files that you had to delete it or you would have a virus. It turns out that the teddy bear actually runs some java functions so I screwed up my computer. I always use snopes.com to avoid confusion.


Me too Garrett and like a dummy I went in and deleted the much needed file. lol. Had to take my pc back to my friends house once again so he could repair it. sheesh.

Thanks Duck... glad you informed us.
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#7 Postby TexasStooge » Wed Jul 30, 2003 11:40 am

Thanx for the notice, I've already notified some of my friends online.
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#8 Postby Amanzi » Wed Jul 30, 2003 11:41 am

Lindaloo wrote:
wx247 wrote:Thanks for letting us know GalvestonDuck. Repeating... it is a hoax. I got a hoax email last fall claiming that if you found a purple teddy bear in one of your files that you had to delete it or you would have a virus. It turns out that the teddy bear actually runs some java functions so I screwed up my computer. I always use snopes.com to avoid confusion.


Me too Garrett and like a dummy I went in and deleted the much needed file. lol. Had to take my pc back to my friends house once again so he could repair it. sheesh.

Thanks Duck... glad you informed us.


:lol: Lindaloo... i'm a real dummy when it comes to computers!!! I just know how to turn the thing on :o

Thanks Garret ;)
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