This is old, real old, and If I recall, it turned out to be a hoax, as most of these kinds of messages seem to be. I have been a registered owner of Norton products for years, and have never, never, received an Email from them concerning any virus. Also, Microsoft has said time and time again, that they do not send out such warnings by Email.
Andy From: bbs [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2010 8:45 PM To: GW Micro Product Discussion Listserv Subject: New Potential Virus Hey everyone. This was sent to me by a friend of mine. It is about a potential virus so when you check your inboxes and see what she's talking about, be careful. Shawn Please Be Extremely Careful Especially if using internet mail such as Yahoo, Hot mail, 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 email 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 Tuesday afternoon. AOL has already confirmed the severity and the anti virus 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 and ask them to PASS IT ON IMMEDIATELY If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv.
