Got this in an email. Sorry if it's old news, I was offline for a bit due to a stupid comp
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>>>>>Subject: Very serious Virus
>>>>>Got this yesterday. Looks like a legitimate warning.
>>>>>I checked on hoaxbuster and it is also listed there
>>>>>I checked snopes.com and this is for real..
>>>>>
>>>>>Get this sent around to your contacts ASAP...we don't need this
>>>>>spreading around.
>>>>>
>>>>>PLEASE FORWARD THIS WARNING AMONG FRIENDS, FAMILY AND CONTACTS:
>>>>>You should be alert during the next days:
>>>>>
>>>>>Do not open any message with an attac hed filed called "Invitation"
>>>>>regardless of who sent it, It is a virus that opens an Olympic Torch
>>>>>which "burns" the whole hard disc C of your computer.
>>>>>
>>>>>This virus will be received from someone who has your e-mail
>>>>>address in his/her contact list, that is why you should send this
>>>>>e-mail to
>>>>>all your contacts. It is better to receive this message 25 times
>>>>>than to receive the virus and open it.
>>>>>
>>>>>If you receive a mail called "invitation", though sent by a
>>>>>friend, do not open it and shut down your computer immediately. This is
>>>>>the
>>>>>worst virus announced by CNN, it has been classified by Microsoft
>>>>>as the most destructive virus ever.
>>>>>
>>>>>This virus was discovered by McAfee yesterday, and there is no
>>>>>repair yet for this kind of virus. This virus simply destroys the Zero
>>>>>Sector of the Hard Disc, where the vital information is kept
>>>>>Got this yesterday. Looks like a legitimate warning.
>>>>>I checked on hoaxbuster and it is also listed there
>>>>>I checked snopes.com and this is for real..
>>>>>
>>>>>Get this sent around to your contacts ASAP...we don't need this
>>>>>spreading around.
>>>>>
>>>>>PLEASE FORWARD THIS WARNING AMONG FRIENDS, FAMILY AND CONTACTS:
>>>>>You should be alert during the next days:
>>>>>
>>>>>Do not open any message with an attac hed filed called "Invitation"
>>>>>regardless of who sent it, It is a virus that opens an Olympic Torch
>>>>>which "burns" the whole hard disc C of your computer.
>>>>>
>>>>>This virus will be received from someone who has your e-mail
>>>>>address in his/her contact list, that is why you should send this
>>>>>e-mail to
>>>>>all your contacts. It is better to receive this message 25 times
>>>>>than to receive the virus and open it.
>>>>>
>>>>>If you receive a mail called "invitation", though sent by a
>>>>>friend, do not open it and shut down your computer immediately. This is
>>>>>the
>>>>>worst virus announced by CNN, it has been classified by Microsoft
>>>>>as the most destructive virus ever.
>>>>>
>>>>>This virus was discovered by McAfee yesterday, and there is no
>>>>>repair yet for this kind of virus. This virus simply destroys the Zero
>>>>>Sector of the Hard Disc, where the vital information is kept
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