computer virus alert read

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Subject: computer virus alert
Please Be Extremely Careful especially if using
> >internet mail such as Yahoo, Hotmail, AOL and so on.
> This information
> >arrived this morning from Microsoft and Norton.
> Please send it to everybody
> >you know who accesses the Internet. You may receive
> an apparently harmless
> >email with a Power Point presentation "Life is
> beautiful. pps". 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 gain access to your name, e-mail and
> password. This is a new virus
> >which started to circulate on Saturday afternoon. WE
> NEED TO DO EVERYTHING
> >POSSIBLE TO STOP THIS VIRUS. 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 MAKE A COPY
> >OF THIS EMAIL TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS and PASS IT ON
> IMMEDIATELY