New Virus - Please Pass This On:

A reliable source has sent me the following warning - apparently this virus is really nasty so please read this:


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...

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 Intern et.

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 .

Looks like its just a hoax email.

http://www.hoax-slayer.com/simon25-hacker-hoax.shtml

Sorry, but this is a hoax and originated from a valid warning in October 2006.

http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/mailserver.asp

If you read the link you will see that what you posted above originated in March 2008 although it does not mention the name Simon Ashton..

I would bin that warning straight away if it hit my inbox purely because it refers to hacker as if that were a bad thing! Hackers rock!