Has anyone else got this?! I got it in my e-mail, from a friend!?

Question

PLEASE - BE CAREFUL......
> >
> > 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 P ower
> >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."
> > PLEASE SEND A COPY OF THIS EMAIL TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS and ask
> >them to PASS IT ON IMMEDIATELY.

Answer 1

I haven't received a copy of this email. If I were you, I would not open any links in the email (if any). Do you have an anti- virus program running in case?
I would suggets you delete it and not send any other copies.
Remember, when in doubt, delete it!

Answer 2

Sheez... e-mails like this one have been circulating for years. Neither Microsoft nor Norton (nor AOL or any other reputable antivirus company) ever notifies people of risks by e-mail. When they identify a risk, they find a way to kill it, then update their virus definitions. By the time your friend could forward such an e-mail to you, whatever virus allegedly contained would already have been identified and added to the definitions.

Some people get their jollies starting fake e-mails like this, just to see how far they spread. The worst ones will tell you there's a new virus called "whatever", located in your windows directory and tell you to delete it immediately (the "teddy bear virus" is a classic example). The file is actually an essential operating system file that your computer can't function without, and you were just suckered into manually deleting it yourself...

Ignore this type of rumor.

Answer 3

Wow. That's a golden oldie. It's a hoax. A scam. An urban legend. See http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/life.asp for details. And please, don't pass it on.

If you receive it as a chain letter, it's not real.