olympic torch virus

i just got this email:



Dear All Friends,


PLS READ IMMEDIATELY

PLEASE FORWARD THIS WARNING AMONG FRIENDS, FAMILY AND CONTACTS:

You should be alert during the next few days:

Do not open any message with an attached file 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


SEND THIS E-MAIL TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW ,

AND REMEMBER: IF YOU SEND IT TO THEM, YOU WILL BENEFIT ALL OF US






***anyone knows anything about it?***

A simple google search will tell you this is a hoax. Please check before mass mailing/posting it here.

Click on the following link to see the hoax warning at Mcafee site

http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_138711.htm