The email warning, which encourages recipients to forward it on to everyone in their address book, says the virus will erase your whole C-drive.
Hoax virus warnings pop up on the Internet time and time again, and usually IT savvy people will spot them, as they make outrageous claims that can't be pinned down to reputable security sources, according to Symantec's David Banes. However, -most users read them and think they're true," he said.
This latest hoax suggests that Intel is the source of the virus discovery.
