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Intentionally deceptive warning circulating via email about an alleged computer virus threat.

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a fake report of a virus usually emailed around so often that it clogs up email lines

http://www.math.buffalo.edu/~sww/computer-stuff/VIRUS.html

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a false alarm about a non-existent threat

http://www.math.niu.edu/alerts/

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a false dire warning message about some virus or another

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a false message, usually an email, indicating that you might have a virus on your computer

http://www.its.queensu.ca/itsc/faq/anti_virus_spyware/hoaxes/what_is.html

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a false warning about a computer virus

http://crs.uvm.edu/tocp/training2000/lesson_8.htm

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a false warning about a non-existent virus sent via email and forwarded to others by well-meaning individuals

http://www.helpdesk.umd.edu/virus/newsarchive.shtml

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a message sent

http://make-computer-viruses.pccleans.info/

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an elaborate and scary-sounding false virus alert sent through email

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an email designed to trick you into thinking you have a virus

http://www.washington.edu/nebula/hoax.html

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an e-mail message that describes a fake virus using

http://cool-fake-viruses.pccleans.info/

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an e-mail that is intended to scare people about a nonexistent virus threat

http://www.frostburg.edu/computing/help/virus.htm

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a 'warning' sent to many people from a 'reliable' source such as IBM or Sun

http://www.its.monash.edu.au/staff/security/antivirus/newuser.html

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False information about a virus, usually in e-mail form. Hoax e-mails encourage the receiver to forward the e-mail, spreading the false information in a virus-like fashion.

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Occasionally, rumors are started about viruses that do not exist. These are merely hoaxes.

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E-mail message that warns of a nonexistent virus. 12.7

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A computer virus hoax is a false email message warning the recipient of a virus that is going around. The message usually serves as a chain e-mail that tells the recipient to forward it to everyone they know.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virus_hoax

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