VIRUS HOAX/MYTH NEWS
FOR REVIEW & REFERENCE
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This page deals with false email warnings and hoax messages. Included herein are many links to invaluable information about common email hoax messages and urban legends circulating currently on the Internet. All of us have received such messages. And probably all of us have -- with good intentions -- forwarded at least one on to someone else at one time or another. But email hoaxes and false alerts are not only annoying, they also undermine the credibility of the Internet as a viable source for up-to-date, accurate news alerts and information. They may even be part of an agenda to do just that -- damage credibility.
Whenever you receive any message that appears even a little suspect, please, before forwarding it on to others, check any or all of the following web page sources and see if it is listed as a hoax.
The Datafellows' Hoax warnings page is considered the industry standard in sources for information on new virus hoaxes and false alerts.
Bookmark this page:
http://www.datafellows.com/news/hoax.htm
Accordingly, herewith, some information for your consideration:
http://www.securecomputing.com/S_ISN_Apr98.html
INTERNET VIRUS MYTHS
The following is a list of Web sites that contains useful
information about known computer viruses and hoaxes:
http://kumite.com/myths/
Computer Virus Hysteria Awards (Rob Rosenberger)
http://www.stiller.com/vnews.htm
Stiller Research Virus news
http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACHoaxes.html
The CIAC hoax pages
http://www.datafellows.com/news/hoax.htm
The Data Fellows hoax pages
http://www.ncsa.com/services/consortia/anti-virus/alerthoax.html
International Computer Security Association
(Anti-Virus Hoaxes and Alerts pages)
http://www.first.org/
FIRST
This coalition, the Forum of Incident Response and Security
Teams (FIRST), brings together a variety of computer
security incident response teams from government,
commercial, and academic organizations. Since November
of 1988 an almost continuous stream of security-related
incidents has affected thousands of computer systems
and networks throughout the world.
http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/
CIAC
CIAC provides on-call technical assistance and information
to Department of Energy (DOE) sites faced with computer
security incidents. CIAC is an element of the Computer
Security Technology Center (CSTC) which supports the
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). CIAC
was established in 1989 to serve the DOE Community.
CIAC is one of two oldest response teams and is
recognized nationally and internationally for its
contributions to the Internet community.
http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACHoaxes.html
INTERNET HOAXES
Among Hoaxes described on this page: PKZ300, Irina,
Good Times, Good Times Spoof, Deeyenda, Ghost PENPAL
GREETINGS!, Make Money Fast, NaughtyRobot, AOL4FREE,
Join the Crew, Death Ray, AOL V4.0 Cookie, A.I.D.S. Hoax,
Internet Cleanup Day, Bill Gates Hoax, WIN A HOLIDAY, AOL
Riot June 1, 1998, E-mail or get a Virus, Bud Frogs Screen
Saver, Disney Giveaway Hoax, Internet Access Charge ...
http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACChainLetters.html
INTERNET CHAIN LETTERS
The chain letters described on this page: PENPAL
GREETINGS!, Make Money Fast, America Online Upgrade,
Bud Frogs Screen Saver, A Little Girl Dying, Jessica
Mydek, Anthony Parkin, Tickle Me Elmo, Kidney
Harvest, PBS and NPR - Petition, Hawaiian Good Luck
Totem ...
http://www.mcafee.com/
McAfee Network Security & Management
http://www.mcafee.com/support/techdocs/vinfo/default.asp
Virus Information and Technical Documentation Library
+ Virus Hoax Listing of known Virus Hoaxes, which have
been spread via e-mail and over the internet. These are the
actual text warnings. They are not viruses. These messages
are considered Hoaxes.
AND LAST,
BUT NOT LEAST:
Become familiar with and frequently visit:
URBAN LEGENDS
http://www.urbanlegends.com/
(its newsgroup is alt.folklore.urban)
Urban Legends and Folklore Net Links
http://urbanlegends.about.com/msubvir.htm?pid=2733&cob=home
TOPICS:
Computer Virus Hoaxes
Common Hoaxes & Misconceptions: A to Z List
A.I.D.S. Virus
AOL4Free
Blue Mountain Greeting Cards 'Virus'
Bud Frogs Screen Saver
BUDDYLST.ZIP
BUGGLST.ZIP ('A Bug's Life' Screensaver)
Deeyenda
Frog in a Blender and Fish.exe
Ghost.exe
Good Times
HTML Virus
Irina
It Takes Guts to Say Jesus
Join the Crew
Penpal Greetings
Returned or Unable to Deliver(y)
Win a Holiday
GENERAL INFORMATION
CIAC Internet Hoaxes
Computer Virus Myths
Computer Viruses: Myth vs. Reality
Good Times Virus Hoax FAQ
History of Virus Hoaxes on the Internet
Maybe It's Not a Virus?
Virus Hoax Database
Virus Myth Updates
Widespread Virus Myths
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