Looked it up on one of my favourite websites:

and sure enough, it was there.

Please don't encourage this sort of rubbish by sending it on to everyone in your address book. Believe me, 100% of warnings about viruses about to hit and cause havoc with your computer have been around a long time and are hoaxes.

The first one I got was on Australian Federal Police letterhead to try to make it look official. The give away was that it was supposedly from a drug unit in Brisbane and why would a drug enforcement unit send out an email virus warning?

Another, warning of a dangerous drug on the streets this time, was forwarded to me from someone high up in one of our local emergency organisations. The forwarding trail included JESCC (Comms) where it should have been picked up. This one had its origins in the USA, but had been Australianised to appear to come from a concerned WA police officer.

It shows just how many people take these things at face value and get sucked in by them. Be suspicious!

I used to think they were a bit of a joke, but get so many that I'm sick of them. Apologies to people who have sent them to me in good faith, only to get an impolite reply, it's just that I get too many.

Put Hoax Slayer, or a similar site in your favourites folder and check that warning first before sending it on. If you can't find it in Hoax Slayer it may be new, so forward it to them and then delete it. Don't send it on to your contacts.

The rule with these things is to break the chain and delete them. Also, never click on a link or open an email attachment unless you trust the sender. If in doubt, delete the email.