Original Posted By: michael list
I have noted that from time to time people have posted what appear to bevirus hoaxes to this mailing list. While these messages appear to behelpful, all they really do is cause confusion and pointless fear whilewasting peoples time.They really are a type of virus, but they are replicated by PEOPLE ratherthan COMPUTERS.The US government has a web site with information on how to identify virushoaxes along with some samples at http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACHoaxes.htmlThere are some funny "tongue in cheek" virus hoaxes there as well.They claim that they spend much more time dealing with hoaxes and rumorsthan real viruses. One of the "red flags" for a hoax is a statement askingyou to send the warning to as many people as possible.Before sending out email about potential viruses please check it out. ________________________________________________________________________________