Actually, as I understand it, AOL4FREE.com is both a hoax and and a virus.
Initially a hoax was posted, followed up by a genuine trojan which trashed
disk drives on execution (NOT by opening the e-mail).
Further info may be found at:
http://www.drsolomon.com/vircen/aol4free.html
Hope this helps!
Ramsey.
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