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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

We've been sent a warning today about an viral email.

Apparently if you open the said email it wipes out you p.c and is impervious to p.c security.

The senders name is Simon Ashton and his addy is simon25@hotmail.co.uk If you open it the message reads "Its too late now,your life is no longer beautiful".

He calls himself Life Owner.

What gets us is,if he's got a Hotmail account,why can't he be traced.

Would love 5 mins with a baseball bat in a room with the arsehole,his lfe would no longer be beautiful!

Anyone else heard anything about it?

XXXX

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Not heard anything but will def keep me eyes open on this one.

thanks for the alert.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

have you checked on Snopes? Looks like its a hoax

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

Didn't know about that,will google it.

Thanks for the advice.

XXXX

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By *1dKingColeMan
over a year ago

east london

Sorry but its the same story going round and around for that last few years.

The email account are a spoof or a hijacked account and the original cannot be found.

mostly just passed about by people doing as you have done here.

The best place to check these is www snopes com

Just delete and move on.

Nothing to worry about, just carry on with the normal precautions.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Better to be safe than sorry

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

if u worried try free virus programm "Panda"...finds most as not many use it... my Monster is a bit of a nerd and uses it...swears that Panda is best around... hope that helps helen

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

never heard of it but just putting the email address into google comes up with various sites saying its all a hoax

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

Checked it out on Snopes and they say the warning is a hoax.

However,strangely enough,while I was checking it I had 2 trojans quarantined.

Whats that all about??

XXXX

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Checked it out on Snopes and they say the warning is a hoax.

However,strangely enough,while I was checking it I had 2 trojans quarantined.

Whats that all about??

XXXX"

You're visiting a website dedicated to all things nerdy & geeky when it comes to computers and are then surprised at being hacked???

Geeks do it for one simple reason: because they can.

If you could read your boss' emails/letters without ever being discovered.... would you?

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By *1dKingColeMan
over a year ago

east london


"Checked it out on Snopes and they say the warning is a hoax.

However,strangely enough,while I was checking it I had 2 trojans quarantined.

Whats that all about??

XXXX"

Odd.

I just went to http://www.snopes.com/computer/internet/hackermail.asp

and had no issues.

Just advertising LOL

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By *1dKingColeMan
over a year ago

east london


"

You're visiting a website dedicated to all things nerdy & geeky when it comes to computers and are then surprised at being hacked???"

In the case of Snopes I would be, it's a well respected site and is well locked down.

Nothings impossible, but definitely unlikely.

But anyway keep the AV ruining wherever you visit on the web, is the best advice I can give!

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By *amschwingerzCouple
over a year ago

West

Look out for the hoax hallmark card ones too..the Simon Ashton one has been doing the rounds for ages..they are put about by people who want to see how quick they can spread the word thats all...

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By *im53Man
over a year ago

Boldon

how spooky is this

was reading this thread last night

and then lost my internet

did not come back on till this morning

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

as a bill gates and microsoft hater I find linux does nearly everything Winblows does and there are very little viruses written for it. Nothing is 100% safe but I do feel safer using linux than I do windows with all its vulnerabilities

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I thought u ment the puppet dog on CBBC ah it cracks me up lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"as a bill gates and microsoft hater I find linux does nearly everything Winblows does and there are very little viruses written for it. Nothing is 100% safe but I do feel safer using linux than I do windows with all its vulnerabilities"

Its Apple all the way for me, wouldn't even entertain a Windows platform, just awful.

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By *habsMan
over a year ago

Fortress of Solitude, Middlesex

Rule of thumb - never accept any attachments from anyone you don't know (people in your contacts list, or an email you're not expecting).

Generally works for me

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By *umourCouple
over a year ago

Rushden


"Checked it out on Snopes and they say the warning is a hoax.

However,strangely enough,while I was checking it I had 2 trojans quarantined.

Whats that all about??

XXXX"

Could be that although the email is a hoax, there may have been trojans attached by whoever started it up again. That would be very bad luck, but has been known.

Although Panda is OK, I have always found the best free antivirus to be AVG. Has a low profile and has never let me down in 8 years.

Most buy that Norton and McAfee crap that once on your PC, is difficult to get off! Just like the bloody awful AOL. Now that should be classed as a virus!

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By *sianmale1Man
over a year ago

great barr

thanks for the heads up(but why would it take 5 mins with a baseball bat? your not swinging it correctly lol)

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By *he Happy ManMan
over a year ago

Merseyside


"We've been sent a warning today about an viral email.

Apparently if you open the said email it wipes out you p.c and is impervious to p.c security.

The senders name is Simon Ashton and his addy is simon25@hotmail.co.uk If you open it the message reads "Its too late now,your life is no longer beautiful".

He calls himself Life Owner.

What gets us is,if he's got a Hotmail account,why can't he be traced.

Would love 5 mins with a baseball bat in a room with the arsehole,his lfe would no longer be beautiful!

Anyone else heard anything about it?

XXXX "

It's probably fake. If he or she is as good as they would need to be to create such a virus they would be good enough to make sure they are not traced. They would also be sending out the e-mail from many different e-mail addresses. I am sure hotmail will have a limit on the amount of e-mails you can send per hour or per day. This will be to stop spam e-mail senders using hotmail.

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By *he Happy ManMan
over a year ago

Merseyside


"if u worried try free virus programm "Panda"...finds most as not many use it... my Monster is a bit of a nerd and uses it...swears that Panda is best around... hope that helps helen "

The best antivirus programs is avira. No questions asked. They have a free version and a paid for version. The free version is just as good as the paid version for finding viruses.

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By *he Happy ManMan
over a year ago

Merseyside


"as a bill gates and microsoft hater I find linux does nearly everything Winblows does and there are very little viruses written for it. Nothing is 100% safe but I do feel safer using linux than I do windows with all its vulnerabilities

Its Apple all the way for me, wouldn't even entertain a Windows platform, just awful."

If windows was so awful it would not be by far the most used operating system. Sure a lot of vulnerablities get exposed but that is because of the amount of people using it make it worthwhile for hackers to look for vulnerabilities or write viruses. The virus writers cannot be bothered writing viruses for Macs of linux due to the small amount of people using them OS's.

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