Directory of Computer Virus Hoaxes Resources

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• About.com: Hoax Information Center

  http://antivirus.about.com/library/blenhoax.htm
  Alphabetically organized descriptions of computer virus hoaxes, past and present.

• Cyndi's List of Internet Stuff You Need to Know

  http://www.cyndislist.com/internet.htm
  List of links to online resources, including sections on computer viruses, hoaxes, misunderstandings and scams.

• Hoax Warnings

  http://www.f-secure.com/virus-info/
  Information source for new virus hoaxes and false alerts, with searchable virus and hoax description database.

• Hoaxes and Scares

  http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/hoaxes/
  Hoaxes listed by name and type, with policy to help prevent hoaxes from spreading.

• Indiana University Knowledge Base

  https://kb.iu.edu/d/afjv
  Listing a number of famous virus hoaxes.

• Lies, Damn Lies and ICQ Messages

  http://www.diamond-back.com/icqlies.html
  Humorous and occasionally sarcastic analysis of the rumor messages passed on Mirabilis's ICQ pager.

• Symantec: Hoaxes

  http://www.symantec.com/security_response/landing/risks/hoaxes.jsp
  Uncovering hoaxes that usually arrive in the form of an email, or promotions that sound too good to be true.

• The Register - The Persistence of Hoax

  http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/07/14/the_persistence_of_hoax/
  Story about old computer virus hoaxes and how people still fall for them.

• Truth Or Fiction

  http://truthorfiction.com/
  An email reality check for e-rumors, viruses, and internet hoaxes.

• Vmyths

  http://www.vmyths.com/
  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.

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