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What is a virus hoax
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Thursday October 28, 2010
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Thursday October 28, 2010
A virus hoax is
not a virus
but does pose someminor threat to the Internet
. Because people will send each otherwarnings about viruses
, anemail about a hoax virus
can spread across the Internet rapidly, slowing things down andclogging up inboxes
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- A virus hoax is an email or message that warns of a terrible virus that does not exist.
- It warns people to tell all their friends as quickly as possible.
- It often contains scary details about what this horrific virus will do.
- A virus hoax doesn't infect your PC or pose any real threat, but it does gum up the Internet by bogging down web sites and cluttering email inboxes.
- The message itself is almost like a virus because it spreads so quickly and to so many people.
- So, with a virus hoax, it's the message itself that is the threat because it is spread so widely and by so many people.
- It warns people to tell all their friends as quickly as possible.
- It often contains scary details about what this horrific virus will do.
- A virus hoax doesn't infect your PC or pose any real threat, but it does gum up the Internet by bogging down web sites and cluttering email inboxes.
- The message itself is almost like a virus because it spreads so quickly and to so many people.
- So, with a virus hoax, it's the message itself that is the threat because it is spread so widely and by so many people.
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