- 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.
- Symantec: Hoaxes - http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/hoax.html
Uncovering hoaxes that usually arrive in the form of an email, or promotions that sound too good to be true.
- Fraud Bureau - Hoaxes Pocus - http://www.fraudbureau.com/articles/misc/article1.html
Information and reviews of the top hoaxes on the Net.
- Truth Or Fiction - http://www.truthorfiction.com/
An email reality check for e-rumors, viruses, and internet hoaxes.
- Lies, Damn Lies and ICQ Messages - http://diamond-back.com/icqlies.html
Humorous and occasionally sarcastic analysis of the rumor messages passed on Mirabilis's ICQ pager.
- McAfee: Hoaxes - http://vil.nai.com/VIL/hoaxes.asp
Checks virus warning messages against McAfee's virus hoax listings and virus information library.
- The Deadly AOL.exe Virus - http://www.jokeaday.com/7aolexe.shtml
Reports on how a joke took on a life of its own, and lots of AOL users deleted the sulfnbk.exe file from their hard drive.
- 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.
- How to Spot a Virus Hoax - http://researchweb.watson.ibm.com/antivirus/SciPapers/Wells/HOWTOSPOT/howtospot.html
Presenting a simple generic system to aid in analyzing virus warnings and showing how to handle a false virus warning.
- Virus Bulletin: Hoaxes - http://www.virusbtn.com/resources/hoaxes/
Explains virus hoaxes and what to do with them.
- Virus Busters - http://www.itd.umich.edu/virusbusters/
Hoaxes, hooey, and hogwash as explained by Information Technology Division staff members at the University of Michigan.
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