PLEASE FORWARD THIS WARNING AMONG FRIENDS, FAMILY AND CONTACTS:

You should be alert during the next 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 ,

COPY THIS E-MAIL AND SEND! IT TO YOUR FRIENDS

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

Experts at SophosLabs, Sophos's global network of virus, spyware and spam analysis centers, have warned users not to fall for a new hoax spreading across the internet, posing as a warning of a non-existent virus.

The "Olympic Torch" hoax warns email users to be wary of emails with the subject line "Invitation," and claims that this virus has been classified as "the most destructive virus ever". The hoax claims that the "virus simply destroys the Zero Sector of the Hard Disc". Sophos is receiving an increasing number of reports of the hoax from users who are concerned it may be genuine.

I hope you realize that those two "news" you are sharing contradict each other.

~@~

^rofl haha and source?

When I checked McaFee.com, I found it like this:

Virus Profile: Olympic Torch Hoax
Risk Assessment
- Home Users: N/A
- Corporate Users: N/A
Date Discovered: 2/27/2006
Date Added: 2/27/2006
Origin: N/A
Length: N/A
Type: Hoax
SubType: E-mail
DAT Required: N/A

Virus Characteristics
McAfee Avert Labs HOAX Notice!!

McAfee Avert Labs would like to inform you of an email HOAX.

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This email message is just a HOAX, currently we know of no other message that the user will receive about the HOAX as the initial email states. McAfee AVERT has not received any report of a user's hard drive being erased for opening the email.

The Olympic Torch Hoax first surfaced in February, 2006, just days before the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Winter Games in Turin.

It is a slightly revised version of a virus hoax circulating since 2000, known as "A Virtual Card for You " or "Destroys Sector Zero " We are advising users who receive the email to delete it and DO NOT pass it on as this is how an email HOAX propagates.

Below is the actual text from the message that may be received via email.

Please read the attached warning issued today.

PLEASE FORWARD THIS WARNING AMONG FRIENDS, FAMILY AND CONTACTS:

You should be alert during the next days:

Do not open any message with an attached 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.

SEND THIS E-MAIL TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW, COPY THIS E-MAIL AND SEND IT TO YOUR FRIENDS AND REMEMBER: IF YOU SEND IT TO THEM, YOU WILL BENEFIT ALL OF US.


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Again, if you receive this email, delete it and DO NOT forward it to other users.



SO>>> Noneed to worry ............