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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.
  • The Deadly AOL.exe Virus - Reports on how a joke took on a life of its own, and lots of AOL users deleted the sulfnbk.exe file from their hard drive.
  • 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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