[DeTomaso] FW: virus warning, Snopes.com confirmed

[Christopher Kimball]

I looked on Snopes and it said this was a real virus.  Anyone else heard anything about it?
 
Thanks,
 
 
Chris
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Sharon is a cousin of mine, and I think she checked this one out as stated.   Good Luck in keeping track of the hackers.   David
----- Original Message ----- 
From: SharonSteiger at comcast.net 
To: Shirley Walker 
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 8:52 AM
Subject: virus warning, Snopes.com confirmed
This is a "better safe than sorry" copy of an email we got.  I did check it out, independently, on snopes.com, and they do say it's true.   SharonAnyone-using Internet mail such as Yahoo, Hotmail, AOL and so on.This information arrived this morning, Direct from both Microsoft andNorton.Please send it to everybody you know who has access t o the Internet.You may receive an apparently harmless e-mail titled "Mail Server Report"If you open either 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 whosent 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'sare not capable of destroying it.The virus has been created by a hacker who calls himself 'life owne.PLEASE SEND A COPY OF THIS E-MAIL TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS, And ask them toPASS IT ON IMMEDIATELY!THIS HAS BEEN CONFIRMED BY SNOPES