1. http://www.dhs.gov/xcitizens/general_1165337828628.shtm
You should never forward a virus warning. If you feel that a virus warning is possibly true, let one of your system administrators know. You should do so by telephone, because if you believe that there really is a dangerous virus being sent by e-mail, how do you know it isn’t attached to the e-mail that warns about the virus? The easiest way to spread an e-mail virus would appear to be by giving it the subject “Virus Warning-Important”.
Hey You Virus
These virus warnings often look a lot like this, whether they’re in email or on Facebook:
IF YOU GET AN EMAIL TITLED "HEY YOU" DELETE IT IMMEDIATELY!!! EVEN IF IT IS FROM SOMEBODY YOU KNOW!!! IT IS A VIRUS THAT WILL OVER THE PROCESS OF 7 DAYS SEND ITSELF OUT TO EVERYBODY IN YOUR ADDRESS BOOK AND THEN PROCEED TO DESTROY YOUR HARD DRIVE AND YOUR MODEM. AS FAR AS I KNOW THE ANTIVIRUS PROGRAMS ARE NOT EQUIPPED TO WIPE OUT THIS VIRUS YET SO PLEASE BE CAREFUL!!! ONCE AGAIN EVEN IF THE MAIL IS FROM SOMEBODY YOU KNOW DELETE IT IMMEDIATELY!!! IT WILL WIPE OUT YOUR COMPUTER!!! PLEASE SEND THIS TO EVERYBODY YOU KNOW TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF THIS.1
Look at all those capital letters! A sure clue that this virus is a hoax. The extra exclamation points don’t help any. And finally, the call to forward this message to everyone you know clinches the matter. (If you are truly worried about e-mail viruses, simply make sure that your e-mail software doesn’t automatically run attachments or other executable content such as Javascript.)
Mobile Phone Virus
This information has been confirmed by both Motorola and Nokia.. For more information, please visit Motorola or Nokia web sites:
http://www.mot.com or http://www.nokia.com
There are over 3 million mobile phone being infected by this virus in USA now. You can also check this news in CNN web site: http://www.cnn.com..2
Notice the reference to URLs are the main pages for those companies. The URL to the supposed confirmation page is not given. And there’s a good reason for that: those sites contain no such warning.
