Re: virus alert bad bad
From: "Tara" <tknapp@TUCKER-USA.COM>
To: <CREED-DISCUSS@WINDUPLIST.COM>
Date: Tue
15 May 2001 01:04:52 -0400
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Urbanlegends.about.com is another good one, and they update really regularly... whenever someone sends me a virus warning (or a story about a someone being dead for 5 days, or the one about the guy who got eaten by an alligator, or the guy who has an 82 pound cat, and so on...), I usually check that site first, and then check snopes for confirmation.  Scott also mentioned that http://www.antivirus.com/vinfo/hoaxes/hoax.asp is a good site to check to see if a virus warning is real or not.
 
Tara
----- Original Message -----
From: DebbiR
To: CREED-DISCUSS@WINDUPLIST.COM
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 11:44 PM
Subject: Re: virus alert bad bad

Not a problem <grin>
 
I always check stuff like that out.  I got burned by the "guy was dead at work for 5 days before being found" one.  I still can't believe that I actually fell for it.
 
and http://www.snopes.com is an awesome site.
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Creed Discussion List [mailto:CREED-DISCUSS@WINDUPLIST.COM] On Behalf Of Nora Fournier
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 8:41 PM
To: CREED-DISCUSS@WINDUPLIST.COM
Subject: Re: virus alert bad bad

In a message dated 05/14/2001 11:17:38 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
dramacci@yahoo.com writes:



Um, Microsoft doesn't classify viruses...

This is a hoax

http://www.vmyths.com/hoax.cfm?id=222&page=3
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/virtual.card.hoax.html

Thanks, shows how smart I am on the computer.... I always get help from
Scott when I have trouble..LOL   so I thought I send this out, because it
was sent to me..

Nora