Rule of thumb:

If it does not come from SARC (Norton) or AVERT (McAfee) it a dang HOAX!!!

I can't tell you how many of these things I get at the support center I work at. Everyone just believes them as much as the stories about the little kid in Uzbeckistanislovokiaplex that has no arms, legs and head but needs this chain letter forwarded to everyone on the planet as Microsoft is giving away 5 billion dollars per e-mail that it tracks through a special e-mail tracker they just developed and have sent out in this e-mail embedded in a way that does not attach anything or change the size of the e-mail in any way and by the way there is a spider on your shoulder. Sorry about the rant, but I have never understood how anyone believes this stuff. It's well intended that it is passed on but it would be one of the next best ways of transfering a virus with a future time payload to users without them knowing.

Don't believe anything unless it comes from a service that you have subscribed to. Ever.