I'm glad you posted this here ... because I'd like to bring people's attention to the fact that THIS IS A HOAX. I have received this same email so many times .... it originated back in January, and has circled the globe via emails so many times, it amounts to spam. I know you didn't know that, and you were sincerely trying to prevent folks from having something terrible happen to their computers.

Symantec has an excellent and up-to-date listing of all Virus Hoaxes. You might want to bookmark this site .. http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/hoax.html (scroll down the page, you'll see the Virtual Card, and all the other names it goes by)

This is a good reminder to folks to keep their anti-virus software updated and to scan regularly.

Doreen