[TechAssist] Re: Fw: WARNING. NEW VIRUS .... VERY IMPORTANT WARNING(for real!!)
- From: Doug Keller <dek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 05:28:06 -0500
So are you saying that I'd be wasting my time saving up to send that
woman in Nigeria $5000 to help her transfer 10 million to a US bank with
my name on the account? *laughs* I thought this was how Al L, Bob W, and
Ed G all got rich?
Doug Keller
Wis-Kel Electronics
101 Freeland Ave.
Terra Alta, WV
USA 26764
dek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
dek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.tech-assist.org
"Learn from the mistakes of others, because you
won't live long enough to make them all yourself"
Intrepid Video Support wrote:
>90% of the time, if the "warning" ends in "Pass onto everyone you know",
>it is a hoax.
>Very simple to check, but some people simply believe everything they get
>in their emails.
>Jeff
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>
>John @ Myers TV wrote:
>
>
>>Gary, You didn't find it, because it is an urban legend.
>>Go here: http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_life_is_beautiful.htm
>>
>>You were right to be suspicious. This hoax has been going around since 2002.
>>
>>Looks like Don got fooled.
>>
>>
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Gary McCartney" <gary@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 1:55 PM
>>Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Fw: WARNING. NEW VIRUS .... VERY IMPORTANT
>>WARNING(for real!!)
>>
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>>
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>>>Don, did you confirm this virus before posting it to the list? I checked
>>>Symantec web site and didn't notice it mentioned.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Gary McCartney
>>>
>>>McCartney Electronics
>>>Guelph Ontario Canada
>>>Est. 1984
>>>email: gary (at) number63.ca
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>>Electron Sound and Percussion wrote:
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>>>
>>>
>>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>>From: Don Ferrey
>>>>To: Sky Cardwell ; Wayne Ferrey ; Terry Vickers ; Mellisa & Kevin Prouse
>>>>
>>>>
>>; Michel Valade ; Marni Braaten ; lrmoulton@xxxxxxx ; laurie pohl ;
>>kenlorivickers@xxxxxxx ; Kathy Ferrey ; jrlcardwell@xxxxxxx ; John & Marion
>>Cullen ; Jocelyn Rahier ; jimjoew ; Jeff Ferrey ; George & Bernice Alleman ;
>>Fred & Ginny Barnett ; Frank & Kathy Belair ; Electron Sound and Percussion
>>; Dennis Megale ; Dean & June ; Dan Fitzpatrick ; Dan & Kim ;
>>cis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ; Chuck Burlet ; Chip ; Brad Turner
>>
>>
>>
>>>>Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 8:42 AM
>>>>Subject: Fw: WARNING. NEW VIRUS .... VERY IMPORTANT WARNING(for real!!)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 5:46 PM
>>>>Subject: Fw: WARNING. NEW VIRUS .... VERY IMPORTANT WARNING(for real!!)
>>>>
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>>>>>Subject: Fw: WARNING. NEW VIRUS .... VERY IMPORTANT WARNING(for real!!)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>>Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 12:59:17 -0800 (Pacific Standard Time)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Very 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
>>>
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>>>
>>>>>the Internet. You may receive an apparently harmless e- > >mail with a
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>Power
>>
>>
>>
>>>>>Point presentation, "Life is beautiful. pps". If > >you receive it, DO
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>NOT
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>>
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>>>>>OPEN THE FILE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, and > >delete it immediately. If
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>you
>>
>>
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>>>>>open this file, a message will appear > >on your screen saying: "It is
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>too
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>>
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>>>>>late now, your life is no longer > >beautiful", and, subsequently you
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>will
>>
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>>>>>LOSE EVERYTHING IN YOUR PC > >and the person who sent it to you will
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>gain
>>
>>
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>>>>>access to your name, > >e-mail, and password. This is a new virus which
>>>>>started to circulate > >on Saturday afternoon. WE NEED TO DO EVERY THING
>>>>>POSSIBLE TO STOP > >THIS VIRUS. AOL has already confirmed the severity,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>and
>>
>>
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>>>>>Antivirus > >software is not capable of destroying it. The virus has
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>been
>>
>>
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>>>>>created > >by a hacker who calls himself "life owner". PLEASE MAKE A
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>COPY OF
>>
>>
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>>>>>>>THIS E-MAIL AND SENT IT TO ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS and PASS IT ON >
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>IMMEDIATELY!!!! > >
>>>>>>
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