The World Wide Chalkboard » Viruses Threats and Hoaxes http://wigington.edublogs.org Working with teachers using technology in the classroom. Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:03:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 E-Cards – A Real Threat and a Hoax http://wigington.edublogs.org/2007/08/16/e-cards-a-real-threat-and-a-hoax/ http://wigington.edublogs.org/2007/08/16/e-cards-a-real-threat-and-a-hoax/#comments Thu, 16 Aug 2007 16:28:50 +0000 wigington http://wigington.edublogs.org/2007/08/16/e-cards-a-real-threat-and-a-hoax/ E-mail virusVirus alert!! - There is a real e-mail virus threat disguished as an e-card.  If you click on the link to see your card, you download a virus that sends out multiplpe versions of what you just fell for.  The key to recognizing the virus is that the sender’s name is not given.  For more information click here.

 On the other hand, there is an e-mail going around that warns of a “killer virus” attached to e-cards.  It claims that the virus wipes out “Sector 0″ of your hard drive, causing you to lose vast amounts of data.  This is a hoax.  You can check for yourself here.

Just a few of notes on virus hoaxes. (1) People send these hoaxes in order to see how  many people will respond to it.  (2) Be suspicious if the e-mail encourages you to forward to message to as many people as possible.  (3) If you receive an “alert”, check it out at a reliable source such as www.snopes.com.  (4) Forwarding hoaxes needlessly fills the e-mail boxes of your friends and makes them less likely to heed an actual alert.  Be a discriminating e-mailer.

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