[Jobs] TWO SUBJECT LINES TO BEWARE OF:

[Angela Marciniak]

Hi,
Yes, those two are Hoaxes. I justs checked on the McAfee website, and have copied what they said (except for the actual text of each Hoax) below.
I do know from personal experience viruses can do a lot of damage to a hard drive. I just do not know what the damage would be considered.
Best Regards, Angela
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Virus Profile:
Olympic Torch Hoax
Risk Assessment
 
  - Home Users:
N/A
  - Corporate Users:
N/A
Date Discovered:
2/27/2006
Date Added:
2/27/2006
Origin:
N/A
Length:
N/A
Type:
Hoax
SubType:
E-mail
DAT Required:
N/A
Virus Characteristics
McAfee Avert Labs HOAX Notice!!
McAfee Avert Labs would like to inform you of an email HOAX.
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. McAfee AVERT has not received any report of a user's hard drive being erased for opening the email.
The Olympic Torch Hoax first surfaced in February, 2006, just days before the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Winter Games in Turin.
It is a slightly revised version of a virus hoax circulating since 2000, known as "A Virtual Card for You " or "Destroys Sector Zero " 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.
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Virus Profile:
Osama Hanged
Risk Assessment
 
  - Home Users:
N/A
  - Corporate Users:
N/A
Date Discovered:
9/26/2006
Date Added:
9/28/2006
Origin:
N/A
Length:
N/A
Type:
Hoax
SubType:
-
DAT Required:
N/A
Virus Characteristics
McAfee Avert Labs HOAX Notice!!
McAfee Avert Labs would like to inform you of a new email HOAX.
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. McAfee Avert Labs has not received any report of a user's hard drive being erased by opening the email.
We are advising users who receive the email to delete it and DO NOT forward it on as this is how an email HOAX propagates.
From:  
"Josh" <jkenn337 at gmail.com>
Reply-To:  
Jobs for the Blind <jobs at nfbnet.org>
To:  
"Jobs for the Blind" <jobs at nfbnet.org>
Subject:  
Re: [Jobs] TWO SUBJECT LINES TO BEWARE OF:
Date:  
Tue, 22 May 2007 08:21:09 -0400
I got this before and it's a hoaxe. A virus as far as I know cannot do any
physical damage to the hard drive. And if it gets erased and you're like me
and have an unattended install disk just wipe the drive and re-install xp
home or xp pro and then you should be good to go.
Josh
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