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Title: important warning
Post by: gwrightson on November 15, 2006, 07:32:58 am


VERY IMPORTANT WARNING 
just recieved this   could be a hoax but you never know

better safe than sorry

Geoff



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 Saturday 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."

 

Paula Hardy

Sales Support Manager

Yorkshire Regional Newspapers

 

E-Mail:  paula.hardy@jpress.co.uk

Tel:  01723 383842

Fax: 01723
Title: Re: important warning
Post by: Neil Grainger on November 15, 2006, 07:51:45 am
Ladies and Gents, I suggest you got to a wesite called AVG and download their free virus software.

www.avg.com

Its free and updates dailey.

I used to work in IT for a Training company and it is what we all use. Will stop these e-mails even getting to you.

Cheers

neil
Title: Re: important warning
Post by: stevegunn on November 15, 2006, 08:11:44 am
It's a hoax

http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/life.asp
Title: Re: important warning
Post by: craigp on November 15, 2006, 08:45:27 am
have you put the right link in there Neil ?
Title: Re: important warning
Post by: Mike Osbourne on November 15, 2006, 08:57:07 am

So if I was to write a virus I'd give it a filename of a hoax virus. ;)
Title: Re: important warning
Post by: Neil Grainger on November 15, 2006, 01:46:33 pm
Sorry that should be

 www.grisoft.com
Title: Re: important warning
Post by: HQCS (John Kastrian) on November 17, 2006, 07:04:49 pm
Avg (Grisoft) is a very good av program.
From Jan it will no longer be free,but still well worth it at about $29,yes $s not £s.
John
Title: Re: important warning
Post by: CARPET KNIGHTS on November 17, 2006, 07:11:28 pm
You know those emails we all get you know the usual ones i'm te brothers mothers sisters cousin to the ex king of ghana and have a lot of money to e invested in th uk can you help me, you knowthe ones

Well they have changed tacked (sp) a bit. I received one this morning but not by email by post! :o They must be macking some money out of it to afford all that postage!

Cheers Goron
Title: Re: important warning
Post by: Dennis on November 17, 2006, 07:30:43 pm
Quote from: HQCS14 on November 17, 2006, 07:04:49 pm
Avg (Grisoft) is a very good av program.
From Jan it will no longer be free,but still well worth it at about $29,yes $s not £s.
John

Not true, it's staying free.  ;)

http://www.computeractive.co.uk/computeractive/news/2168319/avg-free-anti-virus-continue

Free version here:
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1
Title: Re: important warning
Post by: Macarthur on November 17, 2006, 07:32:16 pm
I received this, thought it looked dodgy at the time and deleted straight away.

Nigel.