Scratch

Okay, so really, I'm not sure where this should go. Anyway, the user maki has posted a project warning the people of scratch about a new virus. Apparently, the virus is put in a power point presentation, titled "life is beautiful". When you open it, your screen goes blank, except for the words "Sorry, your life is no longer beautiful", and all your files are given to the maker of the virus.

maki wrote:

THIS IS NOT A HOAX, PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN THE EMAIL, LISTEN TO ME!
RED alert everybody - be aware of this warning!!!! VERY IMPORTANT WARNING 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 Power 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.!

I'm guessing maki didn't write that though, just copy & pasted. I have been trying to stop this from continuing. On maki's project, and the other's I could find that are about the same, I wrote this:

boinoinoi wrote:

I'm just wondering, but why would you open an e-mail from someone you don't know, how would a powerpoint presentation do this, if it was spread by a powerpoint presentation called "Life Is Beautiful.pps", then why doesn't someone change the name and start to send it out again? Also, how would they get access to your name, e-mail and password since those aren't stored on your computer? I mean, your name MIGHT be, but that doesn't do much. Another thing to think about: how do you know what they get access to, and for all of you who got the e-mail and knew about it, why don't you report the e-mail address? I checked Norton ,who said it was a hoax, and Microsoft doesn't check for viruses. Plus, real virus warnings offer a patch to protect you, rather than just tell you to delete it. Also, take a look at this: "This information arrived this morning, direct from both Microsoft and Norton" Arrived where? When was this morning? Norton has already denied the virus. Also: "This is a new virus which started to circulate on Saturday afternoon." When was Saturday? Virtually every virus warning hoax is about a 'new' virus, even though some of them have been circulating for years. This lends credence to the following mistaken assertion that the antivirus wouldn't yet be on top of it.

Can someone please help or agree with me? THIS IS A HOAX. It would be good if this was stopped, it's spam.

For those of you who are about to type "no seriously its true" or  "its true I/my cousin/my dad/my grandma got the email", think twice, read what I said, and THEN see if you really want to say that.