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Email Hoaxes and Hoax
Virus Messages
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The following is a list of hoax email messages that are being
passed around. These messages are confirmed hoaxes and do not pose a threat.
However these messages may cause more harm than you may expect. After you have
recieved messages like these and then learned that they are hoaxes you may begain to
ignore all virus warnings. There are real viruses out there and they can cause
damage to your computer. It is important to keep your virus scanner updated and be
alert to the potential risks.
If you recieve messages warning you of viruses, phone scams, or
email tracking beta programs you should check them out through the virus scaning software
companies before you forward them to your friends and co-workers. Some virus
warnings may be real others will be hoaxes.
Keep yourself safe:
Don't open any attachment that you have not scanned.
Don't open any attachment you don't know what is even if it is
from someone you trust. Always save it and scan it for viruses.
Remember that people who send these hoax virus messages can
attach a destructive program to the message.
Keep your virus scanner updated and run regular system scans.
The following list are hoaxes and should
be deleted and not forwarded.
*(Details of the message will be added
soon.)*
# A B
C D E F G H I
J K L M N O P
Q R S T U V W
X Y Z
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$800 from Microsoft Hoax
3b Trojan(aliasPKZIP Virus)
A
America Online FlashNews Hoax
AOL 83 Minutes
AOL RIOT
AOL4FREE Hoax or What?
AOL Flashing 'IM' Hoax
AOL RIOT 2 Virus Hoax
AOL Year 2000 Update Hoax
Aureate Trojan
B
Baby New Year Hoax
Bad Times Hoax
Blue Mountain Virus Hoax
Blueballs Are Underrated Virus Hoax
Bud Frogs Screen Saver Hoax
BUDDYLST.ZIP EMAIL Virus Hoax
Bugslife Screensaver Hoax
Budweiser Hoax
BUGGLST Hoax
C
California Virus Hoax
California IBM
Crew
D
Dear Friends Hoax
Death69
Deeyenda Hoax
Despite Hoax
D@Fit
Disney Hoax
E
E-Flu
Elfbowl
EVIL THE CAT Virus Hoax
F
FatCat Virus Hoax
FREE M & M's Hoax
Free Money Free Pizza Virus Hoax
Friends Hoax
Frogs and Fishes Hoax
Funprog hoax
G
GAP Email Tracking Hoax
Get More Money Hoax
Gift from Microsoft Hoax
Ghost.exe Hoax
Good Times Hoax
H
Happy New Year Hoax
Hacky Birthday Virus Hoax
Halloween Virus Hoax
Hairy Palms Virus Hoax
Help Poor Dog Hoax
Hilter Hoax
I
Intel Special Offer Hoax
INFILTER Hoax
Information on SARC 'Virus Test' Hoax
Irina Hoax
J
Jan1st20.exe Virus
John Kennedy Jr Trojan Hoax
Join the Crew
JOKE_FLIPPED
K
KALI
L
LANCHECK Hoax
Let's Watch TV Hoax
Londhouse Virus Hoax
Lump of Coal
M
Matrix Virus Hoax
Microsoft Virus Hoax
Millennium Time Bomb
MOBILE PHONE Hoax
N
NASTYFRIEND99 Hoax
Norman Virus Hoax
O
P
Pandemic Hoax
Penpal Hoax
Perrin.exe
PHANTOM MENACE Hoax
Pluperfect Hoax
Q
R
Red Alert
Returned or Unable to Deliver
S
SPARTAN HORSE Hoax
T
Teletubbies
Time Bomb
Tuxissa Hoax
U
UNABLE TO DELIVER
V
Very Cool
Virtual Card Virus Hoax
Virus Business
W
Windows will Fail on Jan 1 Hoax
World Domination Hoax
Work Hoax
Wooden Horse Hoax
X
Y
Y2KGame
Y2K7 Virus Hoax
Yellow Teletubbies
Z
Zlatko
ZZ331 Virus Hoax
*This information
was either sent to me via an email or was obtained from Networks Associates (McAfee) or
Symantec's (Norton's)*
