No and no. We are advising users who receive the email to delete it and DO NOT pass it on as this is how an email HOAX propagates. This email warning proves that a virus hoax can be almost as destructive as the real thing. The message advises people to delete what in most cases is a perfectly innocent Windows 98 utility file. When Hoaxes Harm A word of caution.
Any executable file has the potential to be infected.
Worse, viruses like Magistr can pick certain files at random, infect it, and send it off via email to others. This is a hoax which has been found circulating via email. The email is not accurate however some of the names listed below do actually match file names of known viruses or Trojans. This email message is just a HOAX, currently we know of no other message that the user will receive about the HOAX as the initial email states. Contrary to Rumor, GeoCities Not Closing Down Yahoo plans on deleting all GeoCities Websites without notice or so the email rumor goes.