Also any warning that suggests a virus will
Erase your hard drive completely. .Destroy your computer. .Render your computer useless etc etc
is an obvious fake. An axe wielding madman could destroy your PC but not a computer virus.
What I don't understand is the kick someone gets out of starting these hoaxes. All I can imagine is some spotty Billy-no-mates sitting in his bedroom wetting his pants as he sees his hoax spread around the world????