"Llipstick causes cancer".Experts at Sophos Antivirus software from Sophos Plc, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England (www.sophos.com) that runs in a wide variety of environments including Windows, Mac, Linux, Unix, NetWare and Network Appliance storage systems. Used worldwide, Sophos is noted for its fast performance. Labs. have warned users not to fall for a chain letter that is spreading across the internet, claiming that lipstick causes cancer. Sophos technical support has received an increasing number of reports of the Lipstick chain letter from concerned computer users in the last few days. The emails claim that some brands of lipstick contain a dangerously high levels of lead which can cause cancer. However, Cancer Research UK has confirmed that the email's claims are not true, and Sophos advises that users should simply delete To remove an item of data from a file or to remove a file from the disk. See file wipe, trash and undelete. 1. (operating system) delete - (Or "erase") To make a file inaccessible. the email, and not forward it to their contacts. "Chain letters chain letters at height in 1930s, craze crippled postal service. [Am. Hist.: Sann, 97–104] See : Fads like this are too easily forwarded to friends, family and colleagues without people using their common sense. Stories like this become urban legends Myths about anything and everything that barely have a shred of truth in them, yet seem to take on a persistent life of their own. Before the Internet, such urban folklore as "alligators in New York City sewers" was carried in magazines and newspapers. , constantly being repeated without anyone bothering to check the facts," said Graham Cluley Graham Cluley is a British computer programmer and 'Senior Technology Consultant' at Sophos. He is very well known in the anti-virus industry, and his corporate biography[1] , senior technology consultant for Sophos. "Hoaxes and chain letters like this are not harmless--they waste time and bandwidth, and can be a genuine headache headache Pain in the upper portion of the head. Episodic tension headaches are the most common, usually causing mild to moderate pain on both sides. They result from sustained contraction of face and neck muscles, often due to fatigue, stress, or frustration. for support departments. Users need to be more sceptical, and ask themselves whether everything they are told by emails can be believed." Part of the chain letter reads as follows: The higher the lead content, the greater the chance of causing Cancer. After doing a test on lipsticks, it was found that the Y.S.L lipstick contained the most amount of lead. Watch out for those lipsticks which are supposed to stay longer. If your lipstick stays longer, it is because of the higher content of lead. Here is the test you can do yourself: Put some lipstick on your hand. Use a Gold ring to scratch on the lipstick. If the lipstick colour changes to black then you know the lipstick contains lead. Please send this information to all your girlfriends, wives and female family members. www.sophos.com |
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