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When you get a warning:

(1) VERIFY
Check the message!
Chances are very good that it is a FAKE.
Use the info and links on this site.

(2) REPLY
Tell the sender and all recipients that the message is FAKE.
Tell them about the VIRUS & HOAX ALERT website.
Send out this letter.

(3) DELETE
Delete the message.
DO NOT send it to anyone.

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Fake Messages

• "Triangle of Life
• Mars is about to be spectacular!
• Intel/AOL merge
• Larry Ellison Yale speach
• Free cell phone (or free anything else)
• Boycott Tommy Hilfiger
• Nigerian 419 release funds scam
• Kelsey Brooke Jones (or some other child) is NOT missing
• How to survive a heart attack when alone

Fake Petitions

• Just about anything supposedly from the UN
• Save PBS, NPR, Sesame Street
• Afghanistan women
• Email tax bill 602P
• "Hanoi" Jane Fonda

True!
809 Area code warning is basically TRUE. Original Scambusters warning

Fun! ;-)
Be sure to read the ultimate urban legend!

Fun! ;-)
Do you know the Email Facts of Life?

Fun! ;-)
Learn about the 4 basic types of chain letters!

• Archive of Email Forwards - If it's in here it's fake.
• BL Net: The Neiman-Marcus Cookie Story - A classic myth dispelled.

Tip!
95% of all warnings sent out on the internet are FAKE!

Fun! ;-)
Have you read this hilarious chain letter?

Tip!
Stop hoaxes! If you get a fake warning send this email!

• V Myths.com*****- Rob Rosenberger explains general and specific virus myths. Read the truth about virus hoaxes, legends, myths, and overblown threats.Data Fellows Anti-Virus HOAX warnings page - Good information source for new virus hoaxes and false alerts.
• SARC Symantec AntiVirus Research Center*** - Virus Hoaxes are described here
• Spice Girl virus....Has no real function, but makes a pretty desktop.
• Schwarzenegger virus...Terminates and stays resident. It'll be back.

Tip:
Do not forward virus or other warning messages to your colleagues or friends. Forward it to your IT department but not to anyone else.

Crazy Times Virus! ;-)
Read this very carefully!

Virus Jokes! ;-)
Disney virus...
Everything in the computer goes Goofy.
MORE?

• AntiVirus Resources - AntiVirus Software, AntiVirus Software Database.
• Data Fellows Virus Information Centre - first anti-virus web site ever - industry standard for information on new viruses and hoax alerts.
• Virus Bulletin - International publication on virus prevention, recognition, and removal.

Virus Alert!
Worm (a kind of virus) such as W32.Sircam can steal email addresses stored on your computer. They selects files from your hard drive and send them to these email addresses. They do this without you knowing it!

Read about W32.Sircam here:
http://www.europe.f-secure.com/v-descs/sircam.shtml

To remove the virus run an up-to-date antivirus software (like Norton Antivirus) on your computer.

Tip!
Tips to avoid Virii and Worms

Tip!
You CANNOT get a virus by reading email. You CAN if you open attachments.

Alert!
The "I Love You" Virus

Alert!
New virii can even affect your hardware! They overwrite the mainboard system. Your PC is useless until you replace the BIOS chip. In most cases the virus can be removed with antivirus software.

Essential Tip:
Use antivirus software! Update the program's virus database continuously - online.

When you download a lot of stuff, take extra precautions. Scan for viruses before you back up.

Tip:
Think you have a virus? Maybe, maybe not.

A lot of people have problems with hardware and software.

Inform yourself and get help. DON'T PANIC!