HOAX COMPUTER VIRUSES- Before you forward that warning email

From http://antivirus.about.com/od/emailhoaxes/l/blenhoax.htm

Virus hoaxes, scams, and chain letters abound in email. Before forwarding that dire sounding warning or too good to be true promise, check the validity of it here. Chances are, it's a hoax. Virus hoaxes and myths waste time and money - and can make the sender look foolish. Don't fall victim to a virus hoax. Check the list of hoaxes below to find out the facts behind that email.

!0000 Tip #77 48 Hours 5-Cent Email Tax 809 Area Code 90# AAAAA.AAA Tip A.I.D.S. AIM Petition Airline Spiders Al-Jazeera Interview An Internet Flower for You AOL4FREE AOL Email Tracking AOL.EXE AOL/Intel Merger AOL Messenger Petition A Virtual Card for You Believe the Unbelievable Bill Gates Email Tracking Bill Gates Email Tracking 2 Bluemountain Greetings British Airways 'Free Flight' Bud Frogs Buddy List Butt Spider California/Wobbler Card for You Cell Phone Hoax Cellsaver Choke (Worm & Hoax) Death69 Deeyenda Maddick Demon (Worm & Hoax) Discount Disney $5000 DR.SIMON.WAJNTRAUBWS Economic Slowdown Elf Bowling Euro - Afro Asian Sweepstake Euro Lottery International Family Pictures Fat Cat FCC Virus Warning Federal Bill 602P Free Nokia Phone Frogapult G Virus Give a Cat a Colonic Good Times Hackingburgh Hard Drive Killer Hotmail Warning International Sweepstakes Lottery Internet Flower
Invitation Irina It Takes Guts to Say Jesus JDBGMGR.EXE Join the Crew Klingerman Knockout Perfume Let's Watch TV Life is beautiful.pps Lotus Notes Matrix_99.MTX Microsoft Email Tracking MS/AOL Email Tracking Mobile Phone Hoax Mohammed Al-Asuquf Monkeyman935 MSN Hacker List MSN Hotmail Shutdown MSN server shutdown Naughty Robot Nigerian 419 Scam November 15 Hotmail shutdown NEW PICTURES OF FAMILY Nokia Phones for free Olympic Torch OPEN:VERY COOL! Osama Bin-Laden hanged Osama vs Bush Outback Steakhouse Penny Brown PenPal Greetings Perfume Perrin PKZ300 PLEEEEEEEASE READ President Bush Returned/Unable to Deliver RH Power Tracking Ryder Trucks Sandman Sector Zero Shopping in Malls Spiders in the toilet Strunkenwhite Sulfnbk.exe Swiffer WetJet Two-Striped Telamonia Upgrade Internet2 Vigo Examiner Virtual Card for You Win a Holiday Win a Nokia WTC Survivor VIRUS WITH NO CURE

A virus hoax has only one purpose in life and that is to spread to as many people as possible. Quite the same goal as viruses, some might say. Don't be fooled into forwarding a hoax "to everyone you know". Consult this article first instead.

If you are unable to find a description for a particular virus hoax, please contact me or post a message in the forum.

If it's a real virus you're seeking information for, check out the Virus Encyclopedia or peruse various Virus Information Databases.

David Emery, your About.com guide to Urban Legends has a wealth of information on myths and urban legends.

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