The sender of these particular emails have been using yahoo.com addresses. Official yahoo emails come as yahoo-inc.com.
For you yahoo mail users, here's an example of what a real email from yahoo would look like:

Notice that it's highlighted in blue and had the red yahoo "Y".
And here's how the fake emails with the virus look:

Notice it's not highlighted and there's no yahoo "Y". It also has the paperclip showing there's an attachment.
Now, I have two guess on why I'm getting these. 1. Someone's simply playing asshole and wants to send me a virus, or 2. the most likely option is that someone who has me in their address book has this virus which is why I would suggest scanning your computer now. It's a good idea to do so at least once a week anyway.
Web mail is a good way to keep viruses off your pc. But, if you use web mail or an email client (ex. Outlook or Thunderbird), never open attachments from strange sources.
Just lookin' out for yall.
B.E.Z.
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