Software Viruses

ALSO CALLED: e-Mail Viruses, Hoaxes, IM Virus, PC Viruses, Internet Chain Letters, Email Viruses, IM Viruses, Computer Viruses, Boot Viruses, Viruses, Variants, Mytob, File Infecting Viruses, e-Mail Virus, Encrypted Viruses, Virus Hoaxes, Zotob, Self-replicating Viruses, Netsky
DEFINITION: A virus hoax is a false warning about a computer virus. Typically, the warning arrives in an e-mail note or is distributed through a note in a company's internal network. These notes are usually forwarded using distribution lists and they will typically suggest that the recipient forward the note to other distribution lists.If you get a message about a new virus, you can check it out by going to  … 
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SOFTWARE VIRUSES DEFINITION (continued): … A virus hoax is a false warning about a computer virus. Typically, the warning arrives in an e-mail note or is distributed through a note in a company's internal network. These notes are usually forwarded using distribution lists and they will typically suggest that the recipient forward the note to other distribution lists.If you get a message about a new virus, you can check it out by going to one of the leading Web sites that keep up with viruses and virus hoaxes. If someone sends you a note about a virus that you learn is a virus hoax, reply to the sender that the virus warning is a hoax.
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