This is a very, very old hoax. If your antivirus software is
current and detects nothing, you're most likely safe. Do nothing with
the named file, delete the email, and tell whomever sent you the
original message to check their facts before spreading rumors.
It's important to remember that almost _any_ email virus warning
is a hoax, designed primarily to bog down email systems by having
well-meaning but uniformed people send out hundreds of otherwise
valueless email warnings. When you receive a warning like this, the
*first* thing you should do is check its veracity at one or more of
the following web sites:
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