This one is for real...


http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/mailserver.asp



This information arrived this morning, Direct from both Microsoft and
Norton.
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 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 Saturday 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 E-MAIL TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS, And ask them to
PASS IT ON IMMEDIATELY!


THIS HAS BEEN CONFIRMED BY SNOPES

Thanks for the warning

i'm not worried, my life was never beautiful....

anyone who tries to steal my identity will want to give it back

It is in fact real, snopes updated just this morning.

http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/mailserver.asp

Also details how the virus works, and also addresses false reports, which claim to be "confirmed by snopes" this one actually is confirmed.

Do people really still open emails they don't know who from? I never open emails unless they are from someone I know personally.

I wish someone would steal mine and make my credit score higher.

same as hun

lilbug posted this in computers, I felt it best to make our members aware, if you don't got no puter...lol, then we don't get to see you.

Thanks for the heads up on this...

thanks!

Merci beaucoup!!

Um the title of the virus email is called "Life Is Beautiful," not mail server report...

Actually the link i provided describes both, "life is beautiful" was a hoax, this one is real. What they are saying, is the email circulating about life is beautiful contains the phrase "confirmed by snopes" but it is not.

As someone who works in the IT field, I would highly recommend you go to a reputable Anti-Virus vendors web site to verify the validity of any virus. Snopes is a fun site but I would take anything there with a grain of salt.

Try McAffe, Symantec (Norton's owner), or Trend Micro Anti virus...check one of their pages to validate ANY virus threat.

funny i been thinking that same thing for a while now, snopes is wrong about stuff plenty

I checked McAffe, This is not listed as a hoax, also, the virus described infects win/32, i cannot however, find a positive declaration on the virus called "mail server" if you could point me to that it would be appreciated,

Thanks,
Mark

One thing i did find, is that McAffe did list "life is beautiful" as a hoax, just as snopes does. But not this one, also i'm sure snopes does check the major sites for info. lol, but you have my curiosity going now.

Thanks for the heads up and will be checking back in.......I just ran a scan and updates with Norton. I don't open anything until or unless I know who it is from.