Ummmmmm - I think you'll find that this is partly a hoax - Snopes even quote the message you sent about 'HUG VIRUS' 'BURNING HARD DRIVE' as being fake.
It's been around for years.....
http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/postcard.asp
Yeah I've seen it before, but in today's enviroment you never know when some jackleg will turn urban legend into reality.
I just delete, hell I delete most of the crap that ends up in my mailbox.
Most of these "warnings" appear to be created to up registration of virus protection software
I got this you last year. The doctor gave me a shot, and it cleared everything up. Even a few things that I already had too!
My advice would be if you think it might be true at least check it out via Google before publishing in a forum. As the others have said these things are almost invariably hoaxes (as this on is).
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