VERY IMPORTANT WARNING!!! PLEASE BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL ESPECIALLY IF USING INTERNET MAIL SUCH AS YAHOO, HOTMAIL, AOL AND SO ON. THIS INFORMATION ARRIVED THIS M0RNING FROM MICROSOFT AND NORTON. PLEASE SEND IT TO EVERYBODY YOU KNOW WHO ACCESSES THE INTERNET. YOU MAY RECEIVE AN APPARENTLY HARMLESS EMAIL WITH A POWER POINT PRESENTATION "LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL. PPS". 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 GAIN ACCESS TO YOUR NAME, E-MAIL AND PASSWORD. THIS IS A NEW VIRUS WHICH STARTED TO CIRCULATE ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WE NEED TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO STOP THIS VIRUS. 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 MAKE A COPY OF THIS EMAIL TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS AND PASS IT ON IMMEDIATELY.

I thought posting virus warnings to the list was against the rules. Sharon --- whitr <corineous@btinternet.com> wrote: > VERY IMPORTANT WARNING!!! > > PLEASE BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL ESPECIALLY IF USING > INTERNET MAIL SUCH AS YAHOO, > HOTMAIL, AOL AND SO ON. THIS INFORMATION ARRIVED > THIS M0RNING FROM MICROSOFT > AND NORTON. PLEASE SEND IT TO EVERYBODY YOU KNOW WHO > ACCESSES THE INTERNET. > > YOU MAY RECEIVE AN APPARENTLY HARMLESS EMAIL WITH A > POWER POINT PRESENTATION > "LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL. PPS". 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 GAIN ACCESS TO YOUR NAME, > E-MAIL AND PASSWORD. > THIS IS A NEW VIRUS WHICH STARTED TO CIRCULATE ON > SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WE > NEED TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO STOP THIS VIRUS. > 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 MAKE A COPY OF THIS EMAIL TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS > AND PASS IT ON > IMMEDIATELY. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

Old (i.e. over 3 years) Hoax: http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/default.asp?id=description&virus_k=99307 http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/hoaxes/avidaebela.html http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/life.is.beautiful.hoax.html http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/virus.aspx?ID=12533 Kevin. -----Original Message----- From: whitr [mailto:corineous@btinternet.com] Sent: 12 July 2005 12:01 To: ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [HRT] New Virus Warning VERY IMPORTANT WARNING!!! PLEASE BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL ESPECIALLY IF USING INTERNET MAIL SUCH AS YAHOO, HOTMAIL, AOL AND SO ON. THIS INFORMATION ARRIVED THIS M0RNING FROM MICROSOFT AND NORTON. PLEASE SEND IT TO EVERYBODY YOU KNOW WHO ACCESSES THE INTERNET. YOU MAY RECEIVE AN APPARENTLY HARMLESS EMAIL WITH A POWER POINT PRESENTATION "LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL. PPS". 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 GAIN ACCESS TO YOUR NAME, E-MAIL AND PASSWORD. THIS IS A NEW VIRUS WHICH STARTED TO CIRCULATE ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WE NEED TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO STOP THIS VIRUS. 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 MAKE A COPY OF THIS EMAIL TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS AND PASS IT ON IMMEDIATELY. ==== ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE Mailing List ==== This list is for the discussion of Genealogy and History, primarily regarding the English County of Hertfordshire. Discussion of migration patterns, immigration, heraldry, historical sketches, census data, wills, family Bibles, vital records, web sites, etc. involving this area is encouraged.