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From: "Tom Burch" <>
Subject: Re: VIRUS in email
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1998 02:00:26 -0500


This is a classic hoax story! For more background on it go to some of
the following related resources:

The Data Fellows Hoax Alerts Site covers false alarm chain letters, and
other kinds of infectious dysinformation and hoaxes.
http://www.datafellows.com/news/hoax.htm

U.S. Department of Energy's Computer Incident Advisory Capability (CIAC) has
pages for chain letters and hoaxes, as well as real computer viruses.
http://ciac.llnl.gov/

University of Michigan Virus Busters also has good current information on
real viruses and emailed urban legends about non-existent viruses.
http://www.umich.edu/~wwwitd/virus-busters

Symantec Anti Virus Research Center Virus Hoaxes Page
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/hoax.html

McAfee Associates Virus Hoax Listing
http://www.mcafee.com/support/hoax.asp

Real virus fighters at these institutions are among those whose time is
wasted by false alarms spreading through email.

Other false alarm debunking sites:

Doug Wareing's anti-GoodTimes virus page - An attempt to stop getting all
those annoying "Warning: New Virus" e-mails.
http://www-students.biola.edu/~dougw/GoodTimes/virus.html

Les Jones's FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions list) about "Good Times" and
other bogus email virus alerts.
http://www.public.usit.net/lesjones/goodtimes.html

Rob Rosenberger's Computer Virus Myths site. A great catalogue of infectious
myths and their antidotes.
http://www.public.usit.net/lesjones/goodtimes.html

Also use Yahoo! Internet Search Engine's directory category for "computer
virus myths". Gives a concise listing of important web sites on false alarms
and related subjects.
http://www.yahoo.com

Please reply to all who received your warning with a copy of this
message. Perhaps it will stop some from passing the "warning" along.

Thanks, Tom

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