Information Security Alert!!!

by **Saaim** 21st August 2010, 10:34 pm

Life is Beautiful Virus (HOAX)

NEWS
The Life is beautiful virus hoax is an e-mail [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoax"]hoax[/url] which has been circulating for the past few weeks. The e-mail details a virus contained in a Microsoft PowerPoint attachment which is supposedly called Life is beautiful.pps. To date, no such virus has been found and the e-mail is widely considered a hoax.
The e-mail claims to be based upon information from Microsoft and Norton. Symantec, the makers of Norton AntiVirus and who actually provides the virus definitions database for Norton AntiVirus, have issued an advisory stating that the e-mail is a hoax.
The hoax began circulating in 2002, but became active once again in 2009.
The hoax e-mail continues by saying that the virus was made by a person, codename "life owner", who is suing Microsoft in court for patent infringement.

ACTION…to be taken by you…!

It is hereby requested that incase if you receive an email bearing this information do not forward these emails to others within and outside the Network.