Symantec Security Response uncovers hoaxes on a regular basis. You may receive a virus hoax in the form of an email. Please disregard the hoax emails - they contain bogus warnings usually intent only on frightening or misleading users. The best course of action is to merely delete these hoax emails. Please refer to the below link whenever you receive what appears to be a bogus message regarding a new virus, or promotion that sounds too good to be true.

Symantic Virus Hoax Information Page