You see, if you want to look like you are Internet savvy, you really want to avoid forwarding fake virus messages to your clients as it doesn't do much for your on-line image. I make my living from the Internet, so if I sound preachy, please forgive me. Fake virus messages are the modern version of peeing in a public pool and there is no reason to keep them in circulation. There's even some humour involved. Here's the view from my keyboard.
Virus hoaxes are a part of life on the Internet, but they cause real problems.
Five generations of this message could have resulted in a total of 485,818 e-mail messages being sent. Consider how many people send these messages around the Internet every day. If you're wondering why it takes so long to see websites when you're surfing, this is part of the reason. Sending fake virus messages slows down the Internet for everyone. If people get hundreds of fake virus warnings, they will eventually start to ignore them.