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To: Junkyardawg who wrote ()12/20/1999 6:52:00 PM
From: mr.mark   of 110626
 
here's a good email response to the "urgent" virus hoaxes we all get from well-meaning friends.... copied from fred langa's langalist

"Emails like these are almost always hoaxes. ALWAYS verify any
supposed virus report before you sound the alarm. It only takes a
minute using any of the FREE links below. Otherwise, by sending out
an unverified---and probably false---virus warning, you're
unwittingly aiding and abetting the hoaxers, which is exactly what
they want.

symantec.com will tell you whether this or any
virus threat is real or a hoax. (Almost all the major antivirus
vendors offer similar free services; you don't have to own their
software to look up whether a a virus is real or not.)

ciac.llnl.gov will bring you to the
Department of Energy's "Computer Incident Advisory Capability," a
site used by government workers to see if virus reports are real or
not.

kumite.com has information on hundreds of email
hoaxes

urbanlegends.about.com also
lets you look up many hoaxes by name or type.

And snopes.com also will help you
identify hoaxes.

Again, please NEVER forward a supposed virus warning (or any other
kind of email) just because you get an email that says "Pass this
on to everyone!" This kind of email is almost always a chain-letter
hoax. Verify first, then tell your friends only if it's true."

:)

mark
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