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Here is a web site that you can look at to get information on virus
hoaxes. Always consult this site if someone sends you an e-mail with a
warning about a virus. Hoaxes typically contain wording such as "Officials at Microsoft have
warned that this virus is even more deadly than ...." or something to that
effect, and that your anti-virus software will not catch it.
People make up these hoaxes because they're not capable of creating a real
virus. Actually, what they want to do is create havoc by getting people to
forward this hoax around the world, and therefore decrease
productivity. It's always a good idea to check the following web site
first before you circulate something like this.
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/hoax.html
If you use the search feature on the site and look for a keyword in the
email you received, you will almost always find more information about the
hoax.
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