NEW Virus Information

[toastythemosty]

My hubby just sent me this.....


"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 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 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
Software's 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 and PASS IT ON IMMEDIATELY"

 

[materialsgirl]

This is a hoax - there is no such virus:

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

But thanks for warning us anyway!

The only reliable sources for virus info are the websites of Antivirus software makers - e.g., Norton, McAfee, etc. If you receive a virus warning via email, it is likely to be a hoax - so check one of these websites (or Snopes) first.