Below is an email I received from a friend, warning about a virus. My friend believes the warning to be legitimate. Does anyone know whether it is?
Thanks.
"Anyone-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 e-mail titled "Here you have it." If you open the 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 softwares 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."