Yahoo! Instant Messenger Hard Drive Killer Hoax

Man, I hate crap like this. I mean at least have it be a real virus, but heh...someone with smarts also knows that many of these Hoaxes don't even make sense. I mean get a virus by adding a certain person? Yeah right.

It actually amazes me how fast these messages get around and the amount of people who take them seriously. This one in particular caught my eye specifically because a friend of mine who never sends spam messages, actually sent it to me. That is why this particualar message sparked my interest and I decided to verify it's authenticity. In my mind i thought it was fake, but then again i hardly receive messages about viruses, it's usually about "Your crush will IM you" or "Someone will tell you they love you" and so on, if you send them to everyone on your messenger list. I'm sure this isn't the last we will see of messages like this, but informing people about the fact that they shouldn't believe everything they read helps. That way we can prevent messages like this from being repeated millions of times for no reason.