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Virus Hoaxes
You may have heard of the "Good Times" or "Deeyenda" computer viruses. Both have since been revealed to be a hoax. But the persistent spread of e-mail message warning against the "viruses" has the myth itself a virus of sorts, not because it causes any damage or infects a computers, but in the way they have spread across the Internet like a modern urban legend.

Casting a skeptical eye
washingtonpost.com

Egads! Another cyberhoax
Arizona Central (Phoenix)

Virus, virus everywhere
Sacbee (Sacramento, Calif.)

They're back!
The O-Zone (Ocala, Fla.)

David Galloway: Stop and think before you forward that email
Houston Chronicle Interactive

Has your PC had its shots?

Sacbee (Sacramento, Calif.)

They're out there in cyberspace, growing, multiplying, looking for computers to infest. Viruses have become a fact of life in the information age. As many as 12 new ones are created each day, each and more complex than the last, and like their biologic brethren, stronger and increasingly difficult to treat. But there are steps you can take to prevent your computer from falling victim to a virus. And if your machine does become infected, there are ways to recover from the damage.

From NewsWorks

Mutant marauders multiplying at an alarming rate
Sacbee (Sacramento, Calif.)

Summer can be a tough time
jacksonville.com (Fla.)

Virus authors not April fools
San Diego Source

Stephen Lynch: Artificial Intelligence? Think computer viruses
ocregister.com (Orange County, Calif.)

Q&A on macro viruses
Sacbee (Sacramento, Calif.)

Separating fact from fiction
Arizona Central (Phoenix)

Hostile Java applets and "Trojan Horses" cause new concern
Detriot News Online

Defend hard drives from Trojan Horses
newsday.com (Long Island, N.Y.)

Virus hits CD-ROM kit from Disney
Austin 360 (Texas)

Mark your calendar for March 6, the return of Michelangelo
@ugusta (Ga.)

Guarding against viruses
HeraldLink

Avoiding viruses
jacksonville.com (Fla.)

An ounce of virus prevention worth a pound of cure
Charleston.net (S.C.)

Measures to help prevent a computer infection
Detriot News Online

Virus-related links
The O-Zone (Ocala, Fla.)

From the Web

NCSA Computer Virus Lab
National Computer Security Association

Computer Emergency Response Team
Carnegie Mellon University

Frequently Asked Questions about computer viruses
Usenet newsgroup comp.virus

Virus Authoring Laboratory
August Branchesi

Computer Virus Hoaxes
Weber State University

Internet Hoaxes
U.S. Department of Energy Computer Incident Advisory Capability

Computer Virus Myths
Rob Rosenberger, Computer Virus Consultant