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To: Gottfried who wrote (14968)	1/17/2001 12:00:54 AM
From: mr.mark	Respond to of 110652

hi gottfried, man, you said a mouthful about hoaxes being a disservice. often, these very same folks who perpetuate the myths will not take facts for an answer, and next week along comes another bogus warning from them. "fortunate to have someone to alert us to new av definitions" i'll tell you, i am personally in the habit of checking for nav updates perhaps three times a day. it takes almost no effort. and i actually get a kick out of discovering an update there waiting. plus, as a systemworks and norton personal firewall user, sometimes there are updates waiting that are not virus definitions. i'm always enthusiastic about installing them. i'm particularly pleased when i find security updates for the firewall. thanks for sharing those thoughts. :) mark

To: Gottfried who wrote (14968)	1/19/2001 8:20:11 PM
From: mr.mark	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110652

hey gott, regarding responding to emailed hoaxes, i found this suggested reply that i had saved. i sent it a couple times myself.... ******************************* 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