Said it was from GM Jeepers. Sent to a whole bunch of people. Thinking it may have been everyone on the got mud group on myspace. Said from M MM gmjeepers@yahoo.com Opend it thinking it may have been a vid. Thought nothing of it. Obviously wasnt from GMjeepers. Be care full if you get an email from anyone on the site sent to a large group of people. Please make stickey!
i clicked link... but went no farther, hmmm
thanks for the heads up
looks like everyone on his mailing list got this e mail
ive got two e mails now, didnt click on second e mail tho...
mail came from M MM & in title says Cheers:
well, coficker is still out and about and had desroyed millions of computers. I down loaded MICROSOFT MALICIOUS SOFTWARE AND REMOVAL TOOL then downloaded WINDOWS DEFENDER. my computer only had 4 things effecting it but when i did my dads computer(biggator64) he had 75 files that were effected and 1 of the things he had was the conficker worm. the software found it fixed it and removed it and yyou can set it up for daily scans, best of all its all free and it really works.
i use avg its free.
My parents friends were hit by this I guess its very UGLY just thought I'd post to give a heads up
> 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 with a Power Point
> presentation ' Life is Beautiful '
> If you receive it DO NOT OPEN TH E 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 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
I dont ever open any execution files in email ever! If you dont know what an executable file is here is a list...learn them and never open one again antivirus or not!
Executable file extensions
Following is a partial list of file types that should be considered suspicious when received in email and should not be opened unless you requested or expected the attachment:
ADE - Microsoft Access Project Extension
ADP - Microsoft Access Project
BAS - Visual Basic Class Module
BAT - Batch File
CHM - Compiled HTML Help File
CMD - Windows NT Command Script
COM - MS-DOS Application
CPL - Control Panel Extension
CRT - Security Certificate
DLL - Dynamic Link Library
DO* - Word Documents and Templates
EXE - Application
HLP - Windows Help File
HTA - HTML Applications
INF - Setup Information File
INS - Internet Communication Settings
ISP - Internet Communication Settings
JS - JScript File
JSE - JScript Encoded Script File
LNK - Shortcut
MDB - Microsoft Access Application
MDE - Microsoft Access MDE Database
MSC - Microsoft Common Console Document
MSI - Windows Installer Package
MSP - Windows Installer Patch
MST - Visual Test Source File
OCX - ActiveX Objects
PCD - Photo CD Image
PIF - Shortcut to MS-DOS Program
POT - PowerPoint Templates
PPT - PowerPoint Files
REG - Registration Entries
SCR - Screen Saver
SCT - Windows Script Component
SHB - Document Shortcut File
SHS - Shell Scrap Object
SYS - System Config/Driver
URL - Internet Shortcut (Uniform Resource Locator)
VB - VBScript File
VBE - VBScript Encoded Script File
VBS - VBScript Script File
WSC - Windows Script Component
WSF - Windows Script File
WSH - Windows Scripting Host Settings File
XL* - Excel Files and Templates
me and my dad both have avg and like i said, i only had 4 things effected where he had 75 files effected.MICROSOFT MALICIOUS SOFTWARE AND REMOVAL TOOL and WINDOWS DEFENDER are both free down loads and work verry well, it caught things that avg missed and removed it from the computer.