Urban Legends Computer Virus Hoaxes
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- Computers: Hacking: Malicious Software (14)
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Vmyths  - Computer virus myths, hoaxes, urban beliefs, hysteria, and the implications of believing in them, with historical data, theories on the spread of virus myths, and descriptions of popular virus misconceptions. |
| About.com: Hoax Information Center - Alphabetically organized descriptions of computer virus hoaxes, past and present. |
| Cyndi's List of Internet Stuff You Need to Know - List of links to online resources, including sections on computer viruses, hoaxes, misunderstandings and scams. |
| Fraud Bureau - Hoaxes Pocus - Information and reviews of the top hoaxes on the Net. |
| Hoax Warnings - Information source for new virus hoaxes and false alerts, with searchable virus and hoax description database. |
| Hoaxes and Scares - Hoaxes listed by name and type, with policy to help prevent hoaxes from spreading. |
| How to Spot a Virus Hoax - Presenting a simple generic system to aid in analyzing virus warnings and showing how to handle a false virus warning. |
| Indiana University Knowledge Base - Listing a number of famous virus hoaxes. |
| Lies, Damn Lies and ICQ Messages - Humorous and occasionally sarcastic analysis of the rumor messages passed on Mirabilis's ICQ pager. |
| Symantec: Hoaxes - Uncovering hoaxes that usually arrive in the form of an email, or promotions that sound too good to be true. |
| Trend Micro Hoax Encyclopedia - Searchable listing of hoax viruses and hoax Trojan programs. |
| Truth Or Fiction - An email reality check for e-rumors, viruses, and internet hoaxes. |
| Virus Bulletin: Hoaxes - [Requires Free Registration] Explains virus hoaxes and what to do with them. |
| Virus Busters - Hoaxes, hooey, and hogwash as explained by Information Technology Division staff members at the University of Michigan. |
| The Register - The Persistence of Hoax - Story about old computer virus hoaxes and how people still fall for them. (July 14, 2003) |
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