virus alert.

[oops!]

sent to me....

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 - Check it out
http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/mailserver.asp

 

[jay_merrill]

Re: virus alert.

Its a hoax that has been floating around since 2002. If you surf the net, you will find it mentioned on boards, with basically the exact language that you just posted, going back to that time.

BTW - even the so called Snopes confirmation is bogus.

 

[SpinnerBait_Nut]

Re: virus alert.

Yea, snopes says that snopes didn't say it.

 

[joed]

Re: virus alert.

Anytime you see the phrase "send this to all your friends" it is probably hoax of some sort.

 

[RubberFrog]

Re: virus alert.

Don't you just hate it when you get fooled?

 

[oops!]

Re: virus alert.

april 1st is long gone.......



ill go hide my head in a bucket of resin now

 

[rolmops]

Re: virus alert.

Anytime you see the phrase "send this to all your friends" it is probably hoax of some sort.

I think that anytime it says "send this to all of your friends" there is a good chance that it is a virus you are sending to all of your friends.

 

[rndn]

Re: virus alert.

I think that anytime it says "send this to all of your friends" there is a good chance that it is a virus you are sending to all of your friends.

Who will not stay your friends if you keep sending them a virus.

 

[SgtMaj]

Re: virus alert.

Who will not stay your friends if you keep sending them a virus.

In which case it's ok to send them a virus, because, after all, they're not your friends!