As a rule of thumb if the message tells you to
1) forward it on to every one in your address book
or
2) send it on Quickly
or
3 is reported in the media (and you have not already seen the media report)
DO NOT as it is a HOAX.
These messages work to clog the information highway with useless information
and are just another form of chain letters or SPAM if everybody actually
sent these on the e-mail system would be brought to its knees.
Urgent warnings are at times reported in the NATIONAL media but the best
ways of avoiding Viruses is to have a GOOD ANTI VIRUS AND TO KEEP IT UP TO
DATE with Virus definitions.
as for finding out about virus hoaxes go here
http://www.symantec.com/enterprise/s...sks/hoaxes.jsp
:-)
"TonyM" tonym.le"at"comcast.net wrote in message
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Best place to check out web myths, and other urban legends, is
www.snopes.com. My mother is constantly forwarding me emails full of
warnings. Someday I will get her to do her own research into their
validity.
Tony Manella
ndd1"at"prolog.net (remove "at")
http://home.ptd.net/~ndd1/
Lehigh Valley Woodturners
"Prometheus" wrote in message
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On Mon, 9 Apr 2007 23:45:17 +0000 (UTC), Bruce Barnett
wrote:
(Arch) writes:
1st. warning:
I'm gullible and it could be a scam, but FWIW and just in case. I got a
virus warning purporting to be from Microsoft and Norton this morning
advising not to open a powerpoint presentation: "Life is beautiful".
(It is but not always on the net.)
Heavy sigh...
I've seen this mistake a thousand times. Literally.
DON'T FORWARD WARNINGS UNLESS YOU CHECK THE ACCURACY
It takes 10 seconds to do a google search, using the string
"live is beautiful" Microsoft virus
and Bingo - it says hoax hoax hoax over and over.
This hoax was started in 2002.
That's 5 years ago!!!!!!!
ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS investigate before you cry wolf. Please.
(sound of pulling hair from head. It's not very loud, as there's not much
hair left.)
Carry on, gang...
That is, of course, assuming that you don't consider mass-emailing
that float around with several hundred e-mails off them from a
half-dozen forwarding attachments virus-like...