Virus Hoax Information Sites
Virus Hoax Information Sites
Do not forward virus alarms. Send them to your administrator or to a virus hoax site.
Tens of thousands of viruses exist. Few spread virulently enough to warrant mass warnings. Let the experts handle them. If a story sounds to weird to be true, it probably isn't. Check it out on a hoax site before ever passing it on.
The Virus Prevention Center - Useful tools to guard against viruses and hackers
Datafellows -
F-secure
Vmyths.com - List of hoaxes; how to spot one; how to reduce them
U.S. Department of Energy - Computer Incident Advisory Capability
ICSA
- Hoax page
HoaxKill - Hoaxes, chain letters, urban legends
Stiller Research Virus Hoax News
Mining Company
Sophos
InfoStar Virus Resource Center
Northern
Light Computer Viruses Page
RCMP Technical
Security Branch
Symantec
- Virus hoax list, activation watch, and encyclopedia
Symantec Virus
Hoax Index
Symantec
Virus Encyclopedia
NAI (McAfee) Virus
Information Center
Dr.
Soloman
Urban Legends and Similar Hoaxes
Snopes
The AFU and Urban Legends Archive
TruthorFiction.com - Truth,
false, disputed, and unproven
Delphi - How to
Hoax-Proof Yourself
HoaxKill
- Hoaxes, chain letters, urban legends
Urban Legend Combat Kit - Pre-written
responses
Vmyths.com - Urban legends
Net47: Urban Myths & Legends
Spamming and Urban Legends
Truth,
Lies, & the Internet - CNET
Urban Folklore
Urban Legends Research Centre - Articles
About.com's
Urban Legends and Folklore
Chain Letters
- U.S. Department of Energy's Computer Incident Advisory
Capability
The Truth About E-mail Viruses - Eric Gerlitz
Don't Spread That Hoax - Nonprofit.net
Who Would Pick
More Daisies? - A study of permutations
Great
Hoaxes in Journalism
PickandSend.com
- A site that encourages you to send this crap out!
Urban Legend Machine - Make your
own
Norton Web
Services
Symantec AntiVirus Research Center
McAfee - Download Center
Computer
Associates - Inoculan AntiVirus for Windows 95
PC
Magazine - ViruSweep
ZDNet - Anit-Virus
Center
SuperFiles.com - Utility
Downloads
Antivirus Online - IBM
Data Fellows
Anti-Virus Product Family
Garrison - Freeware for Dr
Solomon's
Macintosh Antivirus Programs
Sophos
About.com
- Antivirus Software - Editorial
guide
Beyond.com - Antivirus Center
CERT Coordination Center - Advisories
on known security problems and tools