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New Virus or New Virus Hoax?

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I recieved this info from my sister who is fairly diligent on computer issues, and wondered if anyone else knew of it!



READ IMMEDIATELY.....VERY IMPORTANT

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 the 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. AOL has already confirmed the severity, and the
anti virus 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 E-MAIL TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS, And ask them
to PASS IT ON IMMEDIATELY .

THIS HAS BEEN CONFIRMED BY SNOPES.


http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/hereyouhave.asp

Regards,
Jim
 
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"You may receive an apparently harmless e-mail titled
"Here you have it" If you open the file, a message will appear on
your screen saying: 'It is too late now, your life is no longer
beautiful....'"

Bla. Who opens suspect attachments in mails anyway?
 
luckey for us the sender is speaking on behalf of AOL, Norton, Microsoft and Snopes.
Lord knows those companies wouldnt be able to do a mass notification on their own.

Clever, sortof.
 
Hell, AOL and Norton are viruses in their own right. It would be easier to get rid of a virus than either one of them.
 
Most virus' I see these days I like to term "scareware." Its no longer about mischief and more about cold hard cash. If they can make a user panic, they can get a quick rash reaction and a credit card.

Its been a couple years since I have seen one that was not removable, or destructive to files.

Be smart, don't open suspect attachments.

dew.
 
dew042 said:
Be smart, don't open suspect attachments.

dew.
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AND don't 'open' any e-mail from someone you are not expecting an e-mail from - be VERY suspicious - especially if it has an attachment - or a link.

If you use Microsoft Outlook as your e-mail client you can view the contents of an e-mail in the preview pane to check for the above, doing this gives no indication to the sender that you have read the contents.

If you don't like what you see delete the e-mail and delete from the 'recycle bin' as well.

And then get on with your life :smoke:
 
Well maybe it is a virus because I received four email warnings this AM, three from people I do not even know. Avira did not beep though.
 
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