VERY IMPORTANT WARNING

Ashura · Post by **Ashura** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 3:37 pm

VERY IMPORTANT WARNING
This is not a joke!

Please Be Extremely Careful especially if using internetmail 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 tothe
Internet.

You may receive an apparently harmless email with a PowerPoint
presentation "Life is beautiful."

If you receive it DO NOT OPEN THE FILE UNDER ANYCIRCUMSTANCES,
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
longerbeautiful."
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 onSaturday
afternoon.
AOL has already confirmed the severity, and the antivirus 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 EMAIL TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS andask them
to
PASS IT ON IMMEDIATELY.

lonelymountain · Post by **lonelymountain** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 4:45 pm

According to Symantec, this warning is a hoax; see
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/d ... .hoax.html.

Keropi · Post by **Keropi** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 5:52 pm

Has anyone here ever had their hard drive taken out through an instant messenger program like ICQ?

My friend is in a gaming clan and a few months ago someone took out several of his fellow clan members hard drives (and his) by messenging them viruses/trojans through security holes. Apparently this happened to a number of other tournament players too.

It was a nasty way of taking out some of your competition. Ever since then he hasn't used any instant messenger programs. So it's hard to get in contact with him now.

Not Sir Phobos · Post by **Not Sir Phobos** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 5:55 pm

Keropi wrote:It was a nasty way of taking out some of your competition. Ever since then he hasn't used any instant messenger programs. So it's hard to get in contact with him now.

Where there is a will there is a way. Cheaters are always looking. I'm an admin on a server and I can attest to that.

Xelloss · Post by **Xelloss** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 8:03 pm

This sounds like a hoax to me.

- Karen

OnWingedFeet · Post by **OnWingedFeet** » Sat Sep 03, 2005 6:53 am

It may be a hoax, but it's a good idea anyway. You should never open attached files if you don't know who they're from. Of course, some viruses are smart enough that they check the sender's address book so you can get a message like that even from someone you know. That's why I don't open attachments even from people I know unless I was expecting it.

Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » Sat Sep 03, 2005 6:53 am

For moral reasons?

KT · Post by KT » Sat Sep 03, 2005 6:55 am

I agree, it does sound like a good idea. I don't open mail from people I don't know unless they have a subject about something I know about ex: anime (Guilty as charged

) Yes, I admit I get random emails from people who like anime and open them...Though other than that I don't open emails from people I don't know

soda · Post by **soda** » Sat Sep 03, 2005 7:15 am

I only open email from Ashura if it has "porn" in the subject line. Then I know it's her.

Post by **Rekka Alexiel** » Sat Sep 03, 2005 6:39 pm

Typically, as long as you don't download any suspecious programs that get sent to your email, you should be fine. But for email clients like MS Outlook where it is set up to automatically download attachments (you can turn those options off) you may be at more of a risk. Just keep your anti-virus and spyware progs updated and you should be fine. ^_~

Ashura · Post by **Ashura** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 10:27 am

soda wrote:I only open email from Ashura if it has "porn" in the subject line. Then I know it's her.

As you should!

Wow, it felt like forever being away from a computer. Wonderful weekend, but now all I want to do is eat fruit

(so much bar-b-que....I feel like I ate a whole cow

)

Xelloss · Post by **Xelloss** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 2:28 pm

Rekka Alexiel wrote: Just keep your anti-virus and spyware progs updated and you should be fine. ^_~

It's just as important to go to http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com a couple times a month and be sure that you have the latest patches for everything. Security holes are exploited by hackers rather quickly...

Thanks,

- Karen

Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 2:28 pm

I think there might be a few exception.

Xelloss · Post by **Xelloss** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 2:28 pm

Cloud wrote:I think there might be a few exception.

Yes Cloud. If you aren't running Windows, my previous statement doesn't apply.

- Karen

Not Sir Phobos · Post by **Not Sir Phobos** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 10:07 am

I always open e-mails that are about:

p3ni:s_EnLarg3ment
and
Pl34Se H'er N0w

Because frankly who wouldn't?