PLEASE READ! IMPORTANT!

Mia · Post by **Mia** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 5:40 pm

This is not a joke!

Please Be Extremely Careful especially if using internet mail 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 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 Saturday 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"

Believe me when i say that this is a really dangerous email and im stressing this! watch out hes gotton people around me and he almost got me i ran my powerdown to stop it then traced it back to the source which seriously screwed my computer up even more! I dont want any more of my friends to be screwed over by this sic demented person!

and tempest chalgrish please dont be mad for me posting this i just wanted to spread the word and keep others from this dangerous virus!!!

Aiolos · Post by **Aiolos** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 6:56 pm

I never open Power Point files. I don't even have Power Point.

I actually don't open any attachments or go to any links someone I don't know sends me. I'm so protective of my computer it's not even funny. I have to loom over my parents shoulder if they want to get on.

Not that any of you care....

LoyalReaperDragon · Post by **LoyalReaperDragon** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 8:22 pm

thx you mia

LoyalReaperDragon · Post by **LoyalReaperDragon** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 11:29 pm

i dont like to contredic you mia, but it turns out this is a hoax

Jake · Post by **Jake** » Sat Jun 17, 2006 6:49 am

Thanks mia i have just sent it to friends

jakesmum.

LoyalReaperDragon · Post by **LoyalReaperDragon** » Sat Jun 17, 2006 3:46 pm

quote="Gary"]This warning about a Microsoft PowerPoint file named "Life is Beautiful" carrying a a computer-destroying virus is a hoax, one that has been with us since at least January 2002. It originally circulated in Portuguese but was later translated into English and a host of other languages.

Although this particular example is a hoax, PowerPoint presentations can contain viruses, so prudent computer users should always check downloaded or e-mailed PowerPoint presentations (and all other non-text attachments) before opening them.

In September 2002 this hoax was circulated anew as "Everything is Beautiful," and it popped up again in 2003 re-titled as "Life is Wonderful."

http://www.snopes.com[/quote]

drakano · Post by **drakano** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 6:11 pm

this is just mad its not like the creator gains anything from it

Chalgrish · Post by **Chalgrish** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 6:49 pm

You're insulting atheists and agnostic, and noone cares about your religious issues, not to mention it's a against the rules.....or the law.

drakano · Post by **drakano** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 6:52 pm

ok bye im going to go sit in the corner...

Firuweata · Post by **Firuweata** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 3:16 am

Not to sound disrespectiful, but I think it's funny you have a famous Pastafarian quote on your signature...

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 12:47 pm

Hey did someone delete my post?
@Chalgrish:I think he meant the creator of the "life is beautiful" thing.

Winged Soul · Post by **Winged Soul** » Fri Jul 07, 2006 1:27 am

Viruses can only be executable. If you open the e-mail, it's ok, just don't execute it.

http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/ <-- This website should be worth visiting so no one fills the threads up with spam anymore.

Winged Soul · Post by **Winged Soul** » Fri Jul 07, 2006 1:30 am

Chalgrish wrote:You're insulting atheists and agnostic, and noone cares about your religious issues, not to mention it's a against the rules.....or the law.

Not to be snotty, but it's really not against the law. Not to mention you're being very rude, which isn't right of someone who 'moderates'.

Have your opinions, but try to be civilized about it.

wut2say · Post by **wut2say** » Fri Jul 07, 2006 2:35 pm

wow i cant believe u really said that Chal, it was totally unlike u and really weird. kinda scared me

(scared face)

@ firu: how is it funny that drakano has a pastri...*stumble over word* quote, i dont even kno wut the hech that is!

Firuweata · Post by **Firuweata** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 12:32 am

Pastafarian (Or worship of The Giant Flying Spagetti Monster) Is a mock religion started by an angry teacher (or something like that) in Kansas. It was ruled Constitutional to teach evolution, as long as with Intelligent design was taught as well...

So this Teacher (Let's call him Citizen A), thinks "Hey, what the crap?", and so brings it in front of the state educational board that if these two are allowd to be taught, they should then teach his ideas, or, Pastafarianism...

This has since spread as a cultural icon, which, as much as I hate to admit, makes about as much sense as most religions...

If you want more info, google it...

Jishdefish · Post by **Jishdefish** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 11:09 am

And that, children, is why we never ask a Firuweata a question.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 11:11 am

Firuweata · Post by **Firuweata** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 1:07 am

This one's actually serious...If you use wikipedia, you'll come up with a picture of of Adam reaching out to touch The Giant Flying Spagetti Monster, like in The Creation of Adam...

Aiolos · Post by **Aiolos** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 12:21 pm

O.o

It's....really there.

"Instead, they were "peace-loving explorers and spreaders of good will" who would distribute candy to children." wtf? THAT'S their definition of pirates?!

Winged Soul · Post by **Winged Soul** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 10:45 pm

When your a member of wikipedia, you're allowed to post articles on whatever you want. Not all of it is true, or serious...

Aiolos · Post by **Aiolos** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 1:27 pm

Ok, but it's still there...

drakano · Post by **drakano** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 1:20 pm

so im someone who reachs out to touch giant spaghetti monsters huh? a "pastri"

drakano · Post by **drakano** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 1:23 pm

Aiolos wrote:O.o

It's....really there.

"Instead, they were "peace-loving explorers and spreaders of good will" who would distribute candy to children." wtf? THAT'S their definition of pirates?!

ahoy there! heres some candy!! dont shoot the cannon its hazardous to the earth! me artys!

Midnights_Grace · Post by **Midnights_Grace** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 10:33 pm

MY GOSH THAT IS CRAZY!

Pastafarians......how stupid is that? My gosh...

THEY EVEN HAVE SHIRTS WITH THAT ON IT!

what morons...

Kojack · Post by **Kojack** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 1:56 pm

Please do not resurrect old threads.