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'Life Is Beautiful' Virus Hoax

By , About.com GuideApril 6, 2005

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Making the email rounds again, this bogus alert purporting to originate from Microsoft and Norton Antivirus claims that a PowerPoint file titled "Life Is Beautiful.pps" contains a destructive computer virus and shouldn't be opened under any circumstances. Oddly enough, hundreds of thousands of people have received this warning over the past three years, but I have yet to hear a single report of anyone encountering the malicious file itself. Could that be because it doesn't exist?  Hmmm...

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December 18, 2006 at 11:49 am
(1) Tom says:

It’s back for the 2006 Christmas season!! Ho – Ho – Ho

February 7, 2007 at 7:28 pm
(2) Lorie Condoy says:

Sorry but that email is a spam email. if you ever want to know about viruses just go to goggle, name of virus and the word virus.rgds rob

April 3, 2007 at 10:38 pm
(3) acsportsbooks says:

how old is this article?

May 25, 2007 at 10:01 am
(4) kelly says:

We just got this email sent to us at the library I work at. It’s now been five years…maybe it’s time to stop the spread of useless spam.

November 29, 2007 at 2:16 am
(5) superfee says:

I too have recieved this email about 15 times in the last 2 weeks. Looks like it is making its rounds again.

November 14, 2008 at 11:08 am
(6) maggie says:

we’ve just had this one sent round at work by our manager! they should’ve checked here first :)

November 26, 2008 at 8:39 pm
(7) June says:

Perhaps this one should be renamed “The Christmas Hoax”. LOL It seems to raise its ugly head every year about this time. I just got it from a relative. How do we get people to actually check these things out before they send them on? Wouldn’t it be nice?

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