This is a hoax, I'm surprised that it was circulated to you.
See:
http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/default.asp?id=description&virus_k=138711
Regards
Jim
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Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 10:39 AM
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Subject: [data-protection] FW: Security note: virus hoax doing the rounds
FYI
This e-mail has been sent by our IT Security Manager:
>>You should be alert during the next few days: Do not open any message
>>with an attached file called "Invitation" regardless 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 who has your e-mail address
>>in his/her contact list, that is why you should send it this e-mail to
>>all your contacts. It is better to receive this message 25 times than
>>to receive and open it.
>>
>>If you receive a mail called "Invitation" though sent through 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 most destructive 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 disc where the
>>vital information if kept.
>>
>>SEND THIS E-MAIL TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW, COPY THIS E-MAIL AND SENT IT TO
>>YOUR FRIENDS
>>
>>AND REMEMBER IF YOU SEND IT TO THEM, YOU WILL BENEFIT ALL OF US.
>>
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