I got this in an email from a very reliable source so am letting you know

PLEASE FORWARD THIS WARNING AMONG FRIENDS, FAMILY AND CONTACTS:
You should b! e 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.

Thanks for that Slee :-)

Anything asking you to send it on to all friends and family are hoaxes...And so is this. Read about it on snopes.com (good place to check anything if you're unsure) here:

http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/invitation.asp

So its not true then?

Nope. :)

no its not it was on the news and i got it from a very reliable friends either way im not opening anything labelled invitation even if i know the person

Slee READ the URL I gave. :)

i just did well i still wont open anything invitation in case but yeah it could be a hoax

Oh yes it's always best to play safe and ignore attachments from unknown people! But hoaxes survive by people passing them on. :)

From snopes:

Origins:   The classics never go away, it seems, so just in time for the 2006 Winter Olympics someone has dusted off an old virus warning hoax (most commonly seen in its incarnation as the "[Virtual] Card for You" hoax) and reintroduced it as an "Olympic Torch" virus warning (also known as the "Invitation virus"). The same basic hoax has been circulating in various languages since at least 2000, with occasional changes along the way. No such (incurable) virus exists, has been identified by McAfee, or was reported on by CNN.

Thanks Marianne :-)