This warning was sent today by email from a friend

In the coming days, you should be aware.....Do not open any message with an attachment called: Invitation FACEBOOK, regardless of who sent it. It is a virus that opens an OlympIc torch that burns the whole hard disc C of your computer.

This virus will be received from someone you had in your address book. That's why you should send this message to all your contacts. It is better to receive this email 25 times than to receive the virus and open it.

If you receive an email called: Invitation FACEBOOK, though sent by a friend, do not open it and delete it immediately. It is the worst virus announced by CNN. A new virus has been discovered recently that has been classified by Microsoft as the most destructive virus ever.

It is a Trojan Horse that asks you to install an adobe flash plug-in. Once you install it, it's all over. 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 of their function is saved.

There is also a link for more information which I have not opened and do not want to post here in case the warning is a scam. Can pm the link if anyone is interested.

Doh!!!

Facebook users are once again warning their online friends about a threat - the only problem this time is that it doesn't really exist.

Messages are being sent across Facebook by well-intentioned Facebook users advising their friends to beware a virus that could "burn the whole hard disc.. C of your computer" while displaying an Olympic Torch.

A virus that actually physically burns your whole hard disk? Wow.. that sounds nasty. Especially if you're resting a notebook on your lap at the time.

Could it even be possible?

The truth is that the warning being spread on Facebook is nonsense, and although users are sounding the alarm to their online friends, they are actually doing nothing more than perpetuating a virus myth.

There is nothing about it on the CNN website.

Whilst it is nice to warn people of these potential threats, PLEASE do a little research before forwarding emails or posting on web boards

http://www.snopes.co.../invitation.asp

It's a hoax dating from 2006.