[Starcomand]

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 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 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!



just thought would pass this on here just incase

[Raziel]

can we delete it tho from our box?

[Starcomand]

as long as u dont open it and just delete it

[saunby]

So if we get an email with that attachment then we can delete it without it having done any harm?

Though I'd still be scanning afterwards if I did get it!

[Starcomand]

as it states it bypasses anti virus dont even open it just delete it right away

[Phoenix]

http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/default. ... us_k=99307

This is another hoax thats going around - this isn't actually a real virus. Although Star does have good intentions. Even though this case happened to be fake it doesn't mean that this kind of thing can't actually happen for real.

Lesson to be learnt out of this: Don't ever open emails (especially ones with file attachments) from people you don't know. Avoid doing that and your pretty much safe.

[Orange]

I will open every E-mail I get, considering I can't get viruses.

Thank you Star, nonethless.

[Wanderer]

lol WOOTz for macs

i dont have to worry about this (plus leopard just came out, such a good OS upgrade) but im glad its not real for all of you windows users

thanks star

[Greed]

I've gotten one of these. , deleted it. its not that new, its been around 4 a while

[Hime]

awww too bad
but thx for the heads up star

[Scythe]

pfft macs can get viruses, hackers just figure macs are crappy enough, why torture the people more.

[Phoenix]

I love how all the Mac users just sit back all smug. The fact is, it is possible for Mac's to get viruses- one was discovered in 2006.

http://www.sophos.com/pressoffice/news/ ... xleap.html

The reason why people say it is impossible for Mac's to get viruses is because yes, it is very very difficult to create a Mac virus because of the way the OS is coded- but that does not mean your safe. Also virus authors don't really want to spend alot of time trying to code a Mac virus because why would they? Its easier to create a Windows virus and the impact would be far greater.

Personally I don't have anything against Macs, from my experience they have been great- always done what I wanted them too. BUT if I were to actually to own a Mac I wouldn't be so naive to think that i'm safe from Viruses. The one day that a high severity Mac virus is discovered god help us, the cautiousness that experienced Windows users use when opening emails wouldn't be there, therefore your a sitting duck as so to speak.

Pho~

[Orange]

I'll take my chances.

[Chantelle]

90% of these virus warnings are rubbish.

In fact I generally think that virus attacks are normally low these days..

I think security is much better these days.. Hopefully Vista will push that envelope.. They have made a good leap.. not quite enough in my opinion...

I think MS have missed an opportunity with Vista to change its entire security infastructure but it has taken it a steup forward.

The main people affected by nasties now are people who are generally not very computer literate.

[Phoenix]

I'll take my chances.

By all means take your chances, but just don't come running when that comment bites you in the ass. Choosing to ignore fact is ignorance.

Quoted from the link I provided: "Mac users shouldn't think it's okay to lie back and not worry about viruses."

[Kakashi.Archive]

Thank god i didnt open that email >.>

was sifting through and recived 4 emails from this @ hole.

[Melissa]

Thank god i didnt open that email >.>

was sifting through and recived 4 emails from this @ hole.

Did you miss the comments earlier?

Its a fake, you need not worry about it.

In fact I think its impossible to do an email which would actuyally do what it says

[Greed]

"Choosing to ignore fact is ignorance."
What a great quote
but u know Orange Pho is right!

[Kakashi.Archive]

CURSE U ALL! no i just read stars first part then went away lol

[Melissa]

actually wasnt there some spyware / malware on OS X recently? now that someone mentions it..

whatever you do dont tell that guy who posted on my pc problem thread, he will wind up at you!! lol

[Orange]

I'll take my chances.

By all means take your chances, but just don't come running when that comment bites you in the ass. Choosing to ignore fact is ignorance.

Quoted from the link I provided: "Mac users shouldn't think it's okay to lie back and not worry about viruses."

Although arrogant at sometimes, I have some brains in this meat-sack that I call a body.

My Mac is probably more protected than Bill Gate's PC. LOL! Not really, but it's pretty dang safe. My 'comment' (

I'll take my chances.

) was for me and me alone. I'm not saying that others shouldn't have to worry, nor was ever trying. I'm sorry if you got that vibe off of me.

If you want to 'inform' me some more, though, I'm free for the rest of the evening.

[Phoenix]

I'll take my chances.

By all means take your chances, but just don't come running when that comment bites you in the ass. Choosing to ignore fact is ignorance.

Quoted from the link I provided: "Mac users shouldn't think it's okay to lie back and not worry about viruses."

Although arrogant at sometimes, I have some brains in this meat-sack that I call a body.

My Mac is probably more protected than Bill Gate's PC. LOL! Not really, but it's pretty dang safe. My 'comment' (

I'll take my chances.

) was for me and me alone. I'm not saying that others shouldn't have to worry, nor was ever trying. I'm sorry if you got that vibe off of me.

If you want to 'inform' me some more, though, I'm free for the rest of the evening.

I knew what you ment and I knew you were refering to yourself. Note the use of "you" in the quote below.

By all means take your chances, but just don't come running when that comment bites you in the ass. Choosing to ignore fact is ignorance.

My post was mearly to make you aware of the facts. Using a little bit of cautiousness doesn't go amiss and it will save you alot of trouble in the long run. It just annoys me when I see comments like "I can't get viruses" and "I'll take my chances" because for one, it shows your naivety and secondly it's people with these sorts of attitudes that virus authors target.

Pho~

[Grimm]

actually wasnt there some spyware / malware on OS X recently? now that someone mentions it..

whatever you do dont tell that guy who posted on my pc problem thread, he will wind up at you!! lol

ur right mel i dont know the details but i heard rumors from people who were havin trouble on their mac

[Orange]

By all means take your chances, but just don't come running when that comment bites you in the ass. Choosing to ignore fact is ignorance.

Quoted from the link I provided: "Mac users shouldn't think it's okay to lie back and not worry about viruses."

Although arrogant at sometimes, I have some brains in this meat-sack that I call a body.

My Mac is probably more protected than Bill Gate's PC. LOL! Not really, but it's pretty dang safe. My 'comment' (

I'll take my chances.

) was for me and me alone. I'm not saying that others shouldn't have to worry, nor was ever trying. I'm sorry if you got that vibe off of me.

If you want to 'inform' me some more, though, I'm free for the rest of the evening.

I knew what you ment and I knew you were refering to yourself. Note the use of "you" in the quote below.

By all means take your chances, but just don't come running when that comment bites you in the ass. Choosing to ignore fact is ignorance.

My post was mearly to make you aware of the facts. Using a little bit of cautiousness doesn't go amiss and it will save you alot of trouble in the long run. It just annoys me when I see comments like "I can't get viruses" and "I'll take my chances" because for one, it shows your naivety and secondly it's people with these sorts of attitudes that virus authors target.

Pho~

I thank you for your concern, but it's not naivety that compelled me to say what I did. I was simply stating the fact that I'm least likely to get any viruses. Maybe in 10 years when I don't care about my Mac Pro anymore I will get one.

[Hime]

Orange just calm down
we do not need someone to tell you that pho is right....AGAIN