Is the "Olympic Torch" virus email going around true?

My friend posted a bullitin on myspace saying it. Here it is copied and pasted. Let me know the deal!

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You should be alert during the next days:

Do not open any message with an attached filed called "Invitation"

regardless of who sent it, It is a virus that opens an Olympic Torch

which "burns" the whole hard disc C of 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 "invitation", though sent by a friend, do

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

virus announced by CNN, it has been classified by Microsoft as the

mostdestructive 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 Disk

Is the "Olympic Torch" virus email going around true?best antivirus software

no, it's a hoax:

http://www.sophos.com/security/hoaxes/ol...

Is the "Olympic Torch" virus email going around true?firewall

The thing is my friend got it but he deleted the email another friend who ran Norton also has it.