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Virus alert!!!

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airfighterjohn

Charter Member
I received this alert from a friend today: " 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"


Ran this by Snopes and it seems legit, so be on guard!!!
 
Google and you will find it is a hoax:

Thus, forwarding this pointless virus "warning" will only spread misinformation and clutter inboxes with even more unwanted nonsense. If you receive this email, please do not forward it and take a moment to inform the sender that the information is untrue. Before forwarding any virus warning it is important to check the veracity of the information on a reputable anti-virus or anti-hoax website. If the message contains a link that supposedly confirms its claims, be sure to read the linked article carefully to ensure that the two are really related.
 
Sorry about that, but I would rather post a warning that later turns out to be false than not post a warning and it turn out to be true, then millions of people get infected...:ernae:
 
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