I Have An Urgent Question! HALP!

[Them Bones]

Well, I received an email just now that says: "FW: Big Virus Coming.....Please read, do not ignore." I am 50% worried, because I have this friend that sends joke emails like this, but never with viruses in the name. Now what really worries me is the "FW", which means forwarded, which I have read on symantec, trend micro, and countless others about forwarded viruses.

Should I run tests or should I delete immediately?

 

[PuttinOnTheRitz]

Ignore it, you've got nothing to worry about.

 

[Purple Materia]

Ignore it.

When you receive a "virus alert" via e-mail that was forwarded from a friend, then you really shouldn't even look at it. It's just chain-mail.

 

[PlatinumDude]

I agree with the others: just ignore the email. Forward it back to whoever sent it and ask to see if it's safe.

 

[twocows]

Delete the email. Don't forward it back, just delete it. At best, it's useless chain mail. At worst, it's a phishing scam or has a virus attached.

 

[bigplrbear]

I agree with everybody else in the thread. Ignore it and Delete it.

 

[Sara Yamamoto]

Nine times out of ten, it starts out as a hoax but, then becomes a true virus.

 

[twocows]

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