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(putting this here instead of Inboxer Rebellion 'cause the link I sent in reply was from the Computer section)
There's a variant of the "Life Is Beautiful" message out there -- I just got it through a mailing list.
If anyone's collecting versions, here's what I got:
quote: > Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2006 19:54:21 -0500 (EST) > Subject: Important > > VERY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!IMPORTANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!... > > > VERY IMPORTANT WARNING > 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 ." > PLEASE SEND A COPY OF THIS EMAIL TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS and ask them to > PASS IT > ON IMMEDIATELY. > **************************************************************
(I probably shouldn't ask why using web-based mail makes one more vulnerable to this.)
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quote: > Please Be Extremely Careful especially if using internet mail such > as Yahoo, > Hotmail, AOL and so on.
I love how it talks about "internet mail". What? As opposed to all that mail that's still getting passed around over UUCP on the Usenet?
-------------------- Part of the Secular Humanist Conspiracy™ since 1997. Posts: 35 | From: Cape Town, South Africa | Registered: Jul 2006
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I think they mean browser/web-based, vs. IMAP or POP3 to a client such as Outlook, Eudora, etc.
Nonetheless, I can't believe this thing is still circulating. Some virus warnings just refuse to die. They could at least update it to say that Al Queada is behind it and will use infected computers to disrupt military applications. Troops lives depend on not opening this e-mail. If you open it, you hate America. Worse still, you could be sent to GITMO!!!!11111!!!!!
-------------------- "If I didn't see it and didn't know it was a real news report, I wouldn't believe it. I mean, how nutty can you get?"-Pat Robertson Oct 26, 2006. Posts: 2936 | From: Mean Streets of West Virginia | Registered: Feb 2003
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quote:Originally posted by Elwood: I think they mean browser/web-based, vs. IMAP or POP3 to a client such as Outlook, Eudora, etc.
Oh, I know. It just hangs one of my personal munchkins when people say "Internet" when they mean "Web" or vice versa. Particularly in situations like this when it completely destroys the intended meaning,
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Well, this is a first - for me, anyway. This virus message was forwarded to me this morning - with the additional info that it had been verified at snopes. So, apparently, just debunking hoaxes isn't enough anymore. Now snopes will have to start debunking e-mails reporting on hoaxes that have already been debunked...my head hurts.
Ali "not to worry, snopes, I'v got your six" Baba
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