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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Razor on April 18, 2003, 03:08:50 am

Title: Attention
Post by: Razor on April 18, 2003, 03:08:50 am
Just got this in my e-mail. Read it:

PLEASE READ VERY CAREFULLY BELOW !
 
IMPORTANT WARNING:
 
Please Be Extremely Careful Especially if using Internet mail such as Yahoo, Hotmail and so on. 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 Power Point presentation "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, E-mail and password. This is a new virus which started to circulate on Saturday afternoon. WE NEED TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO STOP THIS VIRUS:
AOL has already confirmed the severity, and the anti virus Softs are not capable of destroying it. The virus has been created by a hacker who calls himself "life owner", PLEASE MAKE A COPY OF THIS EMAIL AND SEND TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS
Title: Attention
Post by: Turnsky on April 18, 2003, 03:17:08 am
Thanks for the warning...
Title: Attention
Post by: Razor on April 18, 2003, 03:21:46 am
Don't thank me. Just spread the word.
Title: Re: Attention
Post by: kasperl on April 18, 2003, 04:01:46 am
Quote
Originally posted by Razor
Just got this in my e-mail. Read it:

PLEASE READ VERY CAREFULLY BELOW !
 
IMPORTANT WARNING:
 
Please Be Extremely Careful Especially if using Internet mail such as Yahoo, Hotmail and so on. 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 Power Point presentation "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, E-mail and password. This is a new virus which started to circulate on Saturday afternoon. WE NEED TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO STOP THIS VIRUS:
AOL has already confirmed the severity, and the anti virus Softs are not capable of destroying it. The virus has been created by a hacker who calls himself "life owner", PLEASE MAKE A COPY OF THIS EMAIL AND SEND TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS


got this about two months ago, IIRC.

welcome to hoax e-mail poeple.


admins, can you close this now?
Title: Re: Re: Attention
Post by: Razor on April 18, 2003, 05:12:01 am
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Originally posted by kasperl


got this about two months ago, IIRC.

welcome to hoax e-mail poeple.


admins, can you close this now?


:wtf:
Oh yeah a hoax. Do you have proof? Right. :rolleyes: Who told ya that it's a hoax? Your grandmother?
And one more thing, when you become an admin in this place and IF you even become an admin, you may close this, untill then, this stays and I am not making a hoax here, I am just doing a good deed by warning people about dangers.
Title: Attention
Post by: Odyssey on April 18, 2003, 05:57:07 am
I'm inclined to agree with kasperl on this one. It screams hoax to me.
Anyway, they oughta get their terminology right - .pps is a powerpoint show, not a presentation ^_^ And I thought that you were warned about Vbasic macros before it ran them? Even if the file does exist, it's probably just a lame powerpoint show with the mentioned message and a no-stop-until-esc property. I'm sure that'd scare a lot of dumb people.

EDIT: Microsoft reporting a 'virus'? ha! - That's probably the bit screaming hoax... And what about Synmatec and all those antivirus guys? Whoever wrote this just chose the most commonly known company, Norton. And for some reason Microsoft as well.
Title: Attention
Post by: Turnsky on April 18, 2003, 05:59:19 am
yeah, the ones that call tech support 'cause they can't run thier computers during a blackout:rolleyes:
Title: Attention
Post by: Odyssey on April 18, 2003, 06:03:10 am
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Originally posted by Turnsky
yeah, the ones that call tech support 'cause they can't run thier computers during a blackout:rolleyes:

Yeah. Unless it's a clever person with an uninterrupted power supply box thingie. Then calling tech support would be okay. I don't think anyone even considering calling tech support would be that evolved though :)
Title: Attention
Post by: Turnsky on April 18, 2003, 06:06:41 am
that HAS actually happend you know... the tech support guy who got the call was fired because the person was too ****ing stupid to even be near a computer....

definition of an oxymoron: Microsoft Customer Service :p
Title: Attention
Post by: Odyssey on April 18, 2003, 06:15:04 am
What, a bunch of morons who need oxygen? :p It works every way!
Title: Attention
Post by: Turnsky on April 18, 2003, 06:18:16 am
an oxymoron are word's which shouldn't really fit together..

like: "military intelligence" (sorry sandwich)
"girly-man"
"working government"

and so on....
Title: Attention
Post by: vyper on April 18, 2003, 06:22:43 am
and "on topic thread"
Title: Attention
Post by: Odyssey on April 18, 2003, 06:27:18 am
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Originally posted by Turnsky
an oxymoron are word's which shouldn't really fit together..

like: "military intelligence" (sorry sandwich)
"girly-man"
"working government"

and so on....


I know... Hence the ':p' and the 'it works every way' :)
Title: Attention
Post by: Turnsky on April 18, 2003, 07:02:33 am
i shoulda seen that one coming....:rolleyes:
Title: Attention
Post by: Odyssey on April 18, 2003, 07:15:32 am
Ah, but this thread _is_ still on topic. It started out on the theme of idiocy, and continues to be so.
Title: Re: Re: Re: Attention
Post by: Admiral LSD on April 18, 2003, 07:43:43 am
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Originally posted by Razor


:wtf:
Oh yeah a hoax. Do you have proof? Right. :rolleyes: Who told ya that it's a hoax? Your grandmother?
And one more thing, when you become an admin in this place and IF you even become an admin, you may close this, untill then, this stays and I am not making a hoax here, I am just doing a good deed by warning people about dangers.


http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/life.is.beautiful.hoax.html

SARC is your friend.
Title: Re: Re: Re: Re: Attention
Post by: Sandwich on April 18, 2003, 07:47:15 am
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Originally posted by Admiral LSD


http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/life.is.beautiful.hoax.html

SARC is your friend.


You beat me to it.