This virus is not a HOAX it was sent to me from a friend who did not have her virus definitions updated; her computer was crashed; mine wasn't because my virus protector was updated. The person she got it from wasn't updated either.In all about 12 people that we know of were infected. THIS IS A VERY LETHAL VIRUS. So please update your virus definitions and get a good Virus protector. Don't open email attachments unless you know who they are from, even then use caution (I knew where mine was coming from). Check out Symantec's web site it has a very good description of the virus and what it will do to your system. The virus by the way will activate on the 26th of each month, so there will be some people who will find out today if they got infected with it. Sandra Dube' Kemano B.C. Canada