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Are those pesky virus hoaxes messing
with you?
Are you embarrassing your company over one of
those well-known virus hoaxes? Has someone you know recently passed
around one of those all too common virus hoaxes?
Virus hoaxes can shut down your e-mail and Internet
access One or two virus hoax messages may be a mere
annoyance. Several hundred or several thousand excess virus hoax
messages flowing in or out of your company could effectively shut down
your office’s Internet access.
Ten years ago, it was difficult to get a virus through
anything but infected diskettes. Now it’s a lot easier to become a
victim -- virus hoaxes make the problem ten times worse.
Plus highly destructive and rapidly propagating viruses
can infect your hard drive through e-mail programs, Web browsers and
other Internet-borne mechanisms. In fact, today’s virus hoaxes, more
conventional viruses and security vulnerabilities make the primitive
pre-Internet-era viruses seem utterly inconsequential.
Be on the lookout for virus hoaxes, even if you know the
sender
Don’t let your guard down just because a friend,
family member or colleague sent you the message (or perhaps one of those
virus hoaxes).
Avoid getting caught up in emotional excitement.
The creators of virus hoaxes apparently have similar
goals to those of virus creators: obstruct the flow of Internet data by
overwhelming scarce resources (with virus hoaxes)
Most virus experts consider virus hoaxes just another
strain of the common computer virus.
Evaluating your position with virus hoaxes
Avoid forwarding virus hoaxes.
The cyber equivalent of chain letters, virus hoaxes
often instill fear, attempt to separate the recipient from his or her
wallet and clog up Internet routers, mail servers and e-mail
inboxes.
Keeping up with virus hoax outbreaks
Just like everything virus-related, you must keep
current on the latest virus hoaxes news.
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