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Urban Legends
About.com Urban Legends & Folklore
SIte
The
Urban Legends Top 25
Other
sources
SNOPES.COM
- Formerly Barbara and David Mikkelson's Urban
Legends Reference Pages,
and before that The San Fernando Valley Folklore Society's ULRP.
US Dept of Energy's CIAC Hoaxbusters
Break the Chain.org
Hoaxbusters - The BIG LIST of Internet Hoaxes
The
Urban Legend Combat Kit at
Netsquirrel.com
Computer
Virus warnings - are they hoaxes? Check first!
Symantec
- Sophos
- McAfee
- Stiller
Research -
F-Secure
About.com
- Information on Hoaxes
Computer
Virus Hoaxes
-
Hoax
Excyclopedia
Latest
Security Threats & Fixes
You should
have an antivirus
software programme installed in your
computer.
If you haven't done this yet, there are one-off fixes available for serious threats:
Symantec
- Sophos
- McAfee
- Stiller
- CNET
To
receive email notification
-
Symantec
- Sophos
- McAfee
(video) -
CNET
Help
a friend!
If you do receive a virus from a friend,
provide them with a link to the quick fix, if it exists. E.g.
Happy 99 (Mar 1999) - Chernobyl (Apr 1999)
My
suggestion -
Get
a Macintosh.
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