My cousin (the one recently married in Malaysia) picked up a copy of an email warning going around by a virus. Being the conscientious sort, he forwarded it on to people in his address book. The email communication between my father and my cousin is rather funny, so I thought to share.

From: Cousin
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 13:05:27 0000
To: All AddressBook Contacts
Subject: VIRUS ALERT ALL!!!!

You should be alert during the next days:

Do not open any message with an attached filed called "Invitation" regardless of who sent it, It is a virus that opens an Olympic Torch which 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 this e-mail to all your contacts. It is better to receive this message 25 times than to receive the virus and open it.

If you receive a mail called "invitation", though sent by 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 is kept.

SEND THIS E-MAIL TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW, COPY THIS E-MAIL AND SEND IT TO YOUR FRIENDS AND REMEMBER: IF YOU SEND IT TO THEM, YOU WILL BENEFIT ALL OF US.

From: Dad
To: Cousin
CC: Rest of Family Who Received Initial Email
Subject: A Hoax or a VIRUS ALERT ALL!!!!
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 02:42:23 -0400

Hi A.

Have a read of this virus otherwise with Google Search or Yahoo Search.

Click on the following link or copy paste on your url address.

http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=invitationvirus&sm=Yahoo!Search&fr=FP-tab-web-t&toggle=1&cop=&ei=UTF-8

you have been hoaxed brother.
Cheers. C

From: Cousin
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2006 11:05:27 0000
To: All AddressBook Contacts
Subject: VIRUS ALERT ALL!!!!

Dear All

Please read the contents of the email sent to me below by the author of the most deadly virus ever. He was trying to dissuade me from my righteous cause.

Guys this is it, even bigger than the Titanic. So be alert for a chicken that does starjumps in discos, do not approach but call your closest KFC manager to intervene.

All the best.
A

And yes, the description of my father's dance style is actually (shamefully) accurate.