viruses are nasty

I got this e-mail forwarded to me by my mom. So watch out, everybody!

ALERT…ALERT…ALERT…

THIS IS FOR REAL!!!!!

Snopes.com confirms a destructive computer virus:

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

You should be alert during the next days:

Do not open any message with an attached file called 'Merry Christmas'

with the message "Happy Hollydays" attached regardless of who sent it.

It is a virus that opens as an Open Log Fire

and will burn the whole hard disc in 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 'Merry Christmas', even though sent by a friend, do

not open it, and shut down your computer immediately. This is the worst

virus announced; 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.

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