[nfb-talk] Internet Warning:

Tue Oct 16 21:03:35 CDT 2007

It is prudent whenever one sees a warning that says: "Tell everyone you 
know!" not to do so. (grin)

Mike

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Alan Wheeler
  To: NFB Talk Mailing List
  Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 4:36 PM
  Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Internet Warning:

  Here's the article from snopes:
  Life Is Beautiful
  Virus:   Life is Beautiful.pps

  Status:   Hoax.

  Example:   [Collected on the Internet, 2002]

  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 PowerPoint 
presentation
  called "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, email and password.

  This is a new virus which started to circulate on Saturday afternoon. 
WE
  NEED TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO STOP THIS VIRUS.

  UOL has already confirmed its dangerousness, and the antivirus Softs 
are not
  capable of destroying it. The virus has been created by a hacker who 
calls
  himself "life owner", and who aims to destroying domestic PCs and who 
also
  fights Microsoft in court! That's why it comes disguised with 
extension pps.
  He fights in court for the Windows-XP patent.

  MAKE A COPY OF THIS EMAIL TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS.
  Origins:   This warning about a Microsoft PowerPoint file named "Life 
is
  Beautiful"  carrying a a computer-destroying virus is a hoax, one that 
has
  been with us since at least January 2002. It originally circulated in
  Portuguese but was
  later translated into English and a host of other languages.

  Although this particular example is a hoax, PowerPoint presentations 
can
  contain viruses, so prudent computer users should always check 
downloaded or
  e-mailed
  PowerPoint presentations (and all other non-text attachments) before 
opening
  them.

  In September 2002 this hoax was circulated anew as "Everything is
  Beautiful," and it popped up again in 2003 re-titled as "Life is 
Wonderful."

  Last updated:   23 January 2005

  The URL for this page is http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/life.asp

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: "Ed Meskys" <edmeskys at localnet.com>
  To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
  Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 6:15 PM
  Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Internet Warning:

  >I am puzzled. Chrabne says that Snopes confirms the warning, while 
Wheeler
  > says it doesn't.. I am not good enough on the web to check for 
myself.
  > Best,
  > Ed Meskys
  >
  >
  > Edmund R. Meskys
  > NIEKAS Publications
  > National Federation of the Blind of N.H.
  > Moultonboro Lions Club
  > edmeskys at localnet.com
  > 322 Whittier Hwy
  > Moultonboro NH 03254-3627
  > my credo:
  > Clinton lied, nothing happened
  > Bush lied, thousands died
  > and over 3,000 permanently brain injured
  >
  > _______________________________________________
  > nfb-talk mailing list
  > nfb-talk at nfbnet.org
  > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-talk
  >
  >
  > -- 
  > No virus found in this incoming message.
  > Checked by AVG Free Edition.
  > Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.14.13/1074 - Release Date:
  > 10/16/2007 2:14 PM
  >
  >

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It is prudent whenever one sees a warning that says: "Tell everyone you know!" not to do so. (grin)

Mike

----- Original Message -----
From:
mailto:awheeler at neb.rr.com Alan Wheeler
To:
mailto:nfb-talk at nfbnet.org NFB Talk Mailing List
Sent:
Tuesday, October 16, 2007 4:36 PM
Subject:
Re: [nfb-talk] Internet Warning:
Here's the article from snopes:
Life Is Beautiful
Virus:   Life is Beautiful.pps
Status:   Hoax.
Example:   [Collected on the Internet, 2002]
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 PowerPoint presentation
called "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, email and password.
This is a new virus which started to circulate on Saturday afternoon. WE
NEED TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO STOP THIS VIRUS.
UOL has already confirmed its dangerousness, and the antivirus Softs are not
capable of destroying it. The virus has been created by a hacker who calls
himself "life owner", and who aims to destroying domestic PCs and who also
fights Microsoft in court! That's why it comes disguised with extension pps.
He fights in court for the Windows-XP patent.
MAKE A COPY OF THIS EMAIL TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS.
Origins:   This warning about a Microsoft PowerPoint file named "Life is
Beautiful"  carrying a a computer-destroying virus is a hoax, one that has
been with us since at least January 2002. It originally circulated in
Portuguese but was
later translated into English and a host of other languages.
Although this particular example is a hoax, PowerPoint presentations can
contain viruses, so prudent computer users should always check downloaded or
e-mailed
PowerPoint presentations (and all other non-text attachments) before opening
them.
In September 2002 this hoax was circulated anew as "Everything is
Beautiful," and it popped up again in 2003 re-titled as "Life is Wonderful."
Last updated:   23 January 2005
The URL for this page is http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/life.asp http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/life.asp
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Meskys" < mailto:edmeskys at localnet.com edmeskys at localnet.com
>
To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" < mailto:nfb-talk at nfbnet.org nfb-talk at nfbnet.org
>
Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 6:15 PM
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Internet Warning:
>I am puzzled. Chrabne says that Snopes confirms the warning, while  Wheeler
> says it doesn't.. I am not good enough on the web to check for myself.
> Best,
> Ed Meskys
>
>
> Edmund R. Meskys
> NIEKAS Publications
> National Federation of the Blind of N.H.
> Moultonboro Lions Club
> mailto:edmeskys at localnet.com edmeskys at localnet.com
> 322 Whittier Hwy
> Moultonboro NH 03254-3627
> my credo:
> Clinton lied, nothing happened
> Bush lied, thousands died
> and over 3,000 permanently brain injured
>
> _______________________________________________
> nfb-talk mailing list
> mailto:nfb-talk at nfbnet.org nfb-talk at nfbnet.org
> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-talk http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-talk
>
>
> --
> No virus found in this incoming message.
> Checked by AVG Free Edition.
> Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.14.13/1074 - Release Date:
> 10/16/2007 2:14 PM
>
>
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