I hate these things, it is a hoax, passing it along just adds more email traffic to the internet. http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/wtc.survivor.hoax.html

The worm that was around in August was the Blaster worm which exploited a hole in MS Windows. Keep your machines patched and your virus defs up to date and you will be fine.
Regards,
Fred