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Steal
25th June 2010, 06:15 AM
Just figured would post, in case there was something to this.....got this in an email from a friend.


HI ALL, THIS was sent to me by our son who is in charge of the computers for the state of Florida -- whenever he receives anything like this it is a warning to the State as well as all us little people --

VERY IMPORTANT, PLEASE READ THIS

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 'Mail Server Report' . If you open either 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.
DMac
25th June 2010, 06:18 AM
Hoax from January 2002.
BrewTech
25th June 2010, 06:20 AM
Appears to be a hoax:

http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2002-011511-0444-99

Under technical details:

Discovered: January 15, 2002
Updated: February 13, 2007 11:59:14 AM
Type: Hoax


This hoax was first circulated in Portuguese. English, French, Italian and German versions have also been recorded.

English
URGENT! VIRUS!

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 PowerPoint presentation called "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, email and password.
This is a new virus which started to circulate on Saturday afternoon. WE NEED TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO STOP THIS VIRUS.
UOL has already confirmed its dangerousness, and the antivirus Softs are not capable of destroying it. The virus has been created by a hacker who calls himself "life owner", and who aims to destroying domestic PCs and who also fights Microsoft in court!
That’s why it comes disguised with extension pps. He fights in court for the Windows-XP patent.

MAKE A COPY OF THIS EMAIL TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS.
keehah
28th March 2011, 12:55 AM
Al Qaeda Attacks Internet With Photo Of Adorable Piglet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlZRcxvGIWE
Uploaded by TheOnion on Feb 25, 2011
madfranks
28th March 2011, 07:19 AM
Yeah, but AOL has confirmed that this is real! ;D
Silver Rocket Bitches!
28th March 2011, 07:29 AM
Be wary of chain emails that offer big names to give the illusion of credibility but in reality offer no real links to said big names.
Hatha Sunahara
28th March 2011, 08:29 AM
Is it a Windows problem? I use Kubuntu Linux as my main OS.

Hatha
TheNocturnalEgyptian
29th March 2011, 03:41 PM
PEBKAC


"Problem exists between keyboard and chair"
Rebel Yarr
29th March 2011, 09:49 PM
yeah man - not sure why they do/did this - e-mails about this kinda thing are 99% of the time - a hoax.
k-os
29th March 2011, 09:51 PM
I don't understand why anyone would write a virus, and I don't understand why anyone would write an email about a fake virus.

Can someone explain this to me? Do they feel "famous" for doing stuff like this? What's the deal?
freespirit
29th March 2011, 10:15 PM
probably has some email tracker in it that shows a list of all it was sent to, could be done to obtain emails for marketing, or maybe some pizza faced kid in a basement somewhere with too much downtime between games of WOW...

who knows? i always delete unsolicited emails from unknown sources immediately without opening them.
Rebel Yarr
29th March 2011, 11:19 PM
yes - fame
Rebel Yarr
29th March 2011, 11:19 PM
yes - fame


and yes - billion dollar industry to prevent them.
keehah
1st April 2011, 12:15 AM
I don't understand why anyone would write a virus, and I don't understand why anyone would write an email about a fake virus.

Can someone explain this to me? Do they feel "famous" for doing stuff like this? What's the deal?

For some, mainly uterus-less people, its all about them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSCBvu_kijo