Forum / HACKER ALERT

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    Susan Tepper
    Sep 16, 09:56pm

    HELLO FRIENDS! THIS IS A RED ALERT! PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS
    Date: Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 10:00 PM
    Subject: URGENT - HACKER ALERT!! PLEASE READ AND IMPLEMENT
    To: ALL

    PASS THIS ON!
    VERY URGENT -
    PLEASE READ - NOT A JOKE
    IF A PERSON CALLED SIMON ASHTON (SIMON25@HOTMAIL.CO.UK) CONTACTS YOU THROUGH EMAIL DON'T OPEN THE MESSAGE. DELETE IT BECAUSE HE IS A HACKER!!

    TELL EVERYONE ON YOUR LIST BECAUSE IF SOMEBODY ON YOUR LIST ADDS HIM THEN YOU WILL GET HIM ON YOUR LIST. HE WILL FIGURE OUT YOUR ID COMPUTER ADDRESS, SO COPY AND PASTE THIS MESSAGE TO EVERYONE EVEN IF YOU DON'T CARE FOR THEM AND FAST BECAUSE IF HE HACKS THEIR EMAIL HE HACKS YOUR MAIL TOO!!!!!.....

    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 'Mail Server Report'

    If you open either 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 o 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!

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    Susan Tepper
    Sep 16, 09:58pm

    I pasted this here in the form it was sent to me. I just noticed that the Hacker address is highlighted. I don't know anything more, but felt I should at least pass this along..

    Did anyone else get this same messge?

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    James Lloyd Davis
    Sep 16, 11:24pm

    It's always a good idea to be suspicious of unusual emails, but the name "Simon Ashton" sounded familiar and the body of the email curiously styled and familiar as well.

    The following link is safe:

    http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/internet/a/simon_ashton.htm

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    Susan Tepper
    Sep 17, 03:11am

    JLD: thanks for posting this link.

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