Virus hoaxes are false reports about non existent viruses, often claiming to do impossible thing. Some recipients occasionally believe a hoax to be a true virus warning and may take drastic action such as shutting down their network.
Typically hoaxes are Email which describe a dangerous new undetectable virus usually using bogus technical terms. Hoaxes often ask you to avoid reading or downloading Emails that have a particular subject line. For instance the Good Times hoax claims to put you computer's CPU in an nth times. because the message is a virus. It then urges you to forward the warning to as many people as possible.
Typically hoaxes are Email which describe a dangerous new undetectable virus usually using bogus technical terms. Hoaxes often ask you to avoid reading or downloading Emails that have a particular subject line. For instance the Good Times hoax claims to put you computer's CPU in an nth times. because the message is a virus. It then urges you to forward the warning to as many people as possible.
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