I checked with Snopes and its true.
VIRUS ALERT!!
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You > > should be alert during the next days: Do not open > > any message with an attached file called 'Merry > > Christmas' regardless of who sent it, It is a > virus > > that opens as an Open Log Fire and will burn the > > whole hard disc in 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
> > 'Merry Christmas', though sent by a friend, do not
> > ; ; open it and shut down your computer immediately.
> > This is the worst virus announced, it has been
> > classified by Microsoft as the most destructive
> > virus ever. This virus was dis covered 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.
> >
> >
> >
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