[AGL] Fwd: Another warning that may cause your computer to crash!

[michele mason]

I'll forward your remarks to my son. However, Our church called AOL and  
they confirmed it starting ao last Sat nite.  So, I don't know, but  
better safe than sorry. cliche, please forgive, oh, self-righteous one,  
  mm

On May 15, 2007, at 11:47 AM, Jon Ford wrote:


>

> Let's get this staight: If I receive such a warning (unlikely, because  

> the very existence of it is a "hoax" according to Snopes), I should  

> take care because the warning itself may cause my computer to crash  

> (even though the whole thing is a hoax and there is no virus or  

> warning at all, just  a strange email that contradicts itself at the  

> end???? So the remedy is??? Don't read anonymous chain letter-style  

> warnings on the Internet. OK-- but I never do--except for this one,  

> which I swear will be my last one ever!

>

> Jon ford

>

>> From: michele mason <yaya.m at earthlink.net>

>> Reply-To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the  

>> 60s<austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>

>> To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the  

>> 60s<austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>

>> Subject: [AGL] Fwd: Another warning that may cause your computer to  

>> crash!

>> Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 09:57:13 -0500

>>

>> Just received from my son. Joseph, in Dallas.  mm

>>

>> Begin forwarded message:

>>

>>> From: Joseph Mason <jayd0409 at sbcglobal.net>

>>> Date: May 14, 2007 11:22:29 AM CDT

>>> Subject: FW: Another warning that may cause your computer to crash!

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> -----Original Message-----

>>> From: fskinner at chubb.com [mailto:fskinner at chubb.com]

>>> Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 7:10 AM

>>> To: jazzmoni69 at sbcglobal.net; nonecksrevenge at aol.com; Charles  

>>> Holliday;

>>> squinna at swbell.net

>>> Subject: Fw: Another warning that may cause your computer to crash!

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>      I M P O R T A N T W A R N I N G ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

>>>

>>>      Anyone-using Internet mail such as Yahoo, Hotmail, AOL and so  

>>> on.

>>>

>>>      This information arrived this morning, Directs 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 EVERYTH ING IN YOUR PC, And the

>>>      person who sent it to you will gain access to your name, e-ma il

>>>      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!!!!

>>>

>>>

>>>                          (Embedded image moved to file: pic12052.gif)

>>>

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>>>

>>>

>>>      1. Urban Legends Reference Pages: Life Is Beautiful ....

>>>      Information about the 'Life is Beautiful' PowerPoint computer

>>> virus.

>>>      ...Home --> Computers --> Virus Hoaxes & Realities --> Life Is

>>>      Beautiful Life Is Beautiful Virus: Life is Beautiful.pps  

>>> Example:

>>>      [Collected on the...

>>>      ...an apparently harmless email with a PowerPoint presentation

>>> called

>>>      "Life is beautiful.pps." If you receive it DO NOT OPEN THE FILE

>>> UNDER

>>>      ANY...

>>>      ...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...

>>>      Thu, 12 Apr 2007 11:15:36 GMT

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

>>>

>>>

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>>>

>>>      See what's free at AOL.com.

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