[nfb-talk] Internet Warning:

[Kenneth Chrane]

Hi Steve thanks for letting me know.
Ken Chrane
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Jacobson" <steve.jacobson at visi.com>
To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 8:58 PM
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Internet Warning:


> Ken,
>
> When you get a message that tells you to contact everyone you know, or 
> when they refer to "this morning" without
> mentioning a date which means they always sound current, or when they 
> mention big companies such as Norton and
> Microsoft but no contact people, you can almost bet the note is a hoax. 
> Even beyond that, if we start posting warnings
> to our list, they will be full of little else.  I know you were trying to 
> help, and this is just to give you a way to decide if such
> a warning is likely a hoax.
>
> Steve Jacobson
>
> On Tue, 16 Oct 2007 18:23:17 -0400, Kenneth Chrane wrote:
>
>
>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>From: stephen smith
>>To: deana renee browder
>>Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 12:15 PM
>>Subject: internet warning
>
>
>>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 destroyin 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 BY SNOPES
>
>
>>[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
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