The Federal Bureau of Investigations has issued a warning over a fake email claiming to be from the FBI that contains a virus in the attachment. The email uses the fbi.gov domain and Attempts to sound authentic, it is likely to confuse some consumers and even con the gullible ones among them to open the attachment reports EarthTimes.org. I am one of the gullible ones, thanks to Norton it was deleted before I could get my paws on the attachment. The mail first warns recipients that "their Internet use is being monitored by FBI's Internet Fraud Complaint Center and that they have accessed illegal websites." The message asks the recipient to click on an attachment to answer some questions about their alleged illegal Internet use. The attachment contains a virus that infects the user's computer.

So far experts have not been able to determine what exactly the virus does once it infects the computer. Anti-virus firms say the virus is probably a low or medium risk as it hasn't spread as widely as some well-known malicious programs like MyDoom.