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Is it a hoax or for real?


Don't pass on that email to everyone in your address book!
That destructive virus is most likely just a hoax so check it out here first.
Both Urban Legends and Snopes are great sites.

Another is Hoax Encyclopedia.
If it's not in the Hoax Encyclopedia listing, then check the Virus Encyclopedia next!
There are lots of good sites here which our members say work for them!

Urban Legends
Check out those e-mail rumors here before you believe them and pass them on to others.

http://www.snopes.com
A great site for finding out if the email you've just received has any truth to it!

TruthorFiction.com
Check out rumors, inspirational stories, virus warnings, humorous tales, pleas for help, prayer requests and calls to action to see if they are Truth! or Fiction!

More sites to help you decide whether or not the message is a hoax:

http://www.ssa.gov/phila/scams.htm
This site has to do with Social Security phishing scams.

http://www.vmyths.com/

Hoax Encyclopedia
An easy-to-use alphabetical listing of e-mail hoaxes that are circulating everywhere these days - from A to Z.

Virus Lists
A great list of viruses with solutions to many of them.

Virus Encyclopedia.
This is the place to find out about all those nasty virus bugs that could invade your computer. In alphabetical order and easy to use.

Virus Repair Center

Symantec's "Fix-it" site

These URLs are clickable for your convenience
There are free on-line virus scanners at:

http://housecall.antivirus.com/

http://www.symantec.com/securitycheck

One bad virus was called Bugbear
You can learn more about Bugbear here:

http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/tanatos.shtml

http://vil.mcafee.com/dispVirus.asp?virus_k=99728

http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?VName=WORM_BUGBEAR.A

Free BugBear virus removal tool

Last modified on Monday, November 02, 2009