Fwd: FW: HUGE VIRUS COMING: PLEASE READ & FORWARD

despite constantly telling my mom that the more greater than signs that a forward has, the more fraudulent it is, i get weekly emails from her like this:

> > > You should be
> > >  alert during the next few days. Do not open any
> > >  message with an
> > >  attachment entitled ‘POSTCARD’ regardless of who sent it
> > >  to you. It is a virus.
> > >
> > > If you receive
> > > a mail called’ POSTCARD  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.
> > >
> > >
> > >  COPY THIS E-MAIL,
> > >  AND SEND IT TO YOUR FRIENDS.

HOLY SCROTUMBURGERS! microsoft says that this is the most destructive virus ever?!?!? and if i get an email with the subject, “postcard” i should turn off my computer before it BURNS MY ZERO SECTOR (where all my vital information is kept)? and then what do i do? spray bleach into the cd bay? have a voodoo priestess give it a baptism? or do i have to sit around all week until mcafee finally comes up with a repair? beats me, but the very least that i can do is warn all my friends on the internet that the worst virus announced by cnn is out there ready to overwrite the data of your precious stuffed animal tea party photos should you let your guard down for a second and open the wrong email. pass it on.

p.s. i wrote my mom back immediately in an email with the subject “POSTCARD.” i will keep you updated as to her reaction.