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• Lies, Damn Lies and ICQ Messages - Humorous and occasionally sarcastic analysis of the rumor messages passed on Mirabilis's ICQ pager.
  
• About.com: Hoax Information Center - Alphabetically organized descriptions of computer virus hoaxes, past and present.
  
• Symantec: Hoaxes - Uncovering hoaxes that usually arrive in the form of an email, or promotions that sound too good to be true.
  
• Virus Bulletin: Hoaxes - [Requires Free Registration] Explains virus hoaxes and what to do with them.
  
• The Register - The Persistence of Hoax - Story about old computer virus hoaxes and how people still fall for them.
  
• Indiana University Knowledge Base - Listing a number of famous virus hoaxes.
  
• How to Spot a Virus Hoax - Presenting a simple generic system to aid in analyzing virus warnings and showing how to handle a false virus warning.
  
• Hoaxes and Scares - Hoaxes listed by name and type, with policy to help prevent hoaxes from spreading.
  
• Virus Busters - Hoaxes, hooey, and hogwash as explained by Information Technology Division staff members at the University of Michigan.
  
• Fraud Bureau - Hoaxes Pocus - Information and reviews of the top hoaxes on the Net.
  
• Trend Micro Hoax Encyclopedia - Searchable listing of hoax viruses and hoax Trojan programs.
  
• Cyndi's List of Internet Stuff You Need to Know - List of links to online resources, including sections on computer viruses, hoaxes, misunderstandings and scams.
  
• Hoax Warnings - Information source for new virus hoaxes and false alerts, with searchable virus and hoax description database.
  
• Truth Or Fiction - An email reality check for e-rumors, viruses, and internet hoaxes.
  
  

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