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The Internet is marvellous for sharing information AND
misinformation,<br>
commonly referred to as Urban Legends and Hoaxes. All too often, the
unwary<br>
or inexperienced fall for this sometimes plausible nonsense and
non-sense, so I have compiled a list of different websites to assist you
in protecting<br>
yourself against the legends:<br><br>
Alastair<br><br>
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URBAN LEGENDS & HOAXES IN GENERAL<br><br>
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<a href="http://web.tampabay.rr.com/lionsgoblet/hoax.htm" eudora="autourl">http://web.tampabay.rr.com/lionsgoblet/hoax.htm</a><br><br>
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<a href="http://www.vmyths.com/" eudora="autourl">http://www.vmyths.com</a><br>
<a href="http://www.ulrc.com.au/" eudora="autourl">http://www.ulrc.com.au/</a><br>
<a href="http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/" eudora="autourl">http://HoaxBusters.ciac.org/</a><br>
<a href="http://www.urbanlegends.com/" eudora="autourl">http://www.urbanlegends.com/</a><br>
<a href="http://www.snopes.com/" eudora="autourl">http://www.snopes.com/</a><br>
<a href="http://www.truthorfiction.com/" eudora="autourl">http://www.truthorfiction.com/</a><br>
<a href="http://www.nonprofit.net/hoax/default.htm" eudora="autourl">http://www.nonprofit.net/hoax/default.htm</a><br>
<a href="http://kumite.com/myths/" eudora="autourl">http://kumite.com/myths/</a><br>
<a href="http://bl.net/forwards/cookie.html" eudora="autourl">http://bl.net/forwards/cookie.html</a><br>
<a href="http://www.texascooking.com/features/may99redvelvet.htm" eudora="autourl">http://www.texascooking.com/features/may99redvelvet.htm</a><br>
<a href="http://www.snopes2.com/business/consumer/cookie.htm" eudora="autourl">http://www.snopes2.com/business/consumer/cookie.htm</a><br>
<a href="http://www.english.uga.edu/~clandrum/example_html/urban.example.html" eudora="autourl">http://www.english.uga.edu/~clandrum/example_html/urban.example.html</a><br>
<a href="http://www.cnet.com/techtrends/0-7311128-8-7150402-1.html" eudora="autourl">http://www.cnet.com/techtrends/0-7311128-8-7150402-1.html</a><br>
<a href="http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/blbyol19.htm" eudora="autourl">http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/blbyol19.htm</a><br>
<a href="http://www.f-secure.com/hoaxes/cookiecl.shtml" eudora="autourl">http://www.f-secure.com/hoaxes/cookiecl.shtml</a><br>
<a href="http://vil.mcafee.com/hoax.asp" eudora="autourl">http://vil.mcafee.com/hoax.asp</a><br>
<a href="http://www.icsa.net/services/consortia/anti-virus/alerthoax.shtml" eudora="autourl">http://www.icsa.net/services/consortia/anti-virus/alerthoax.shtml</a><br>
<a href="http://vil.mcafee.com/dispHoax.asp?id=vh10170" eudora="autourl">http://vil.mcafee.com/dispHoax.asp?id=vh10170</a><br>
<a href="http://hoaxinfo.com/emergency.htm" eudora="autourl">http://hoaxinfo.com/emergency.htm</a><br>
<a href="http://www.urbanlegends.com/ulz/phone77.html" eudora="autourl">http://www.urbanlegends.com/ulz/phone77.html</a><br>
<a href="http://www.snopes2.com/horrors/mayhem/fakecop.htm" eudora="autourl">http://www.snopes2.com/horrors/mayhem/fakecop.htm</a><br>
<a href="http://newbieclub.com/virushoax.htm" eudora="autourl">http://newbieclub.com/virushoax.htm</a><br>
<a href="http://www.scambusters.org/otherhoaxes.html" eudora="autourl">http://www.scambusters.org/otherhoaxes.html</a><br>
<font color="#0000FF"><u><a href="http://www.korova.com/virus/hoax.htm" eudora="autourl">http://www.korova.com/virus/hoax.htm</a><br><br>
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</u></font>Dr. Solomons Hoax Page at<br><br>
<a href="http://www.drsolomons.com/vircen/hoax.html" eudora="autourl">http://www.drsolomons.com/vircen/hoax.html</a><br><br>
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Department of Energy Computer Incident Advisory Capability at:<br><br>
<a href="http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACHoaxes.html" eudora="autourl">http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACHoaxes.html</a><br><br>
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Hoax Warnings<br><br>
<a href="http://www.datafellows.com/virus-info/hoax/" eudora="autourl">http://www.datafellows.com/virus-info/hoax/</a><br><br>
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EMPHASIS ON INTERNET MYTHS<br><br>
<a href="http://www.scambusters.org/legends.html" eudora="autourl">http://www.scambusters.org/legends.html</a><br>
<a href="http://hoaxinfo.com/" eudora="autourl">http://hoaxinfo.com/</a><br><br>
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ACTION AGAINST HOAXERS<br><br>
The following sites help you take action against Internet
hoaxers:<br><br>
<a href="http://www.hoaxkill.com/index2.thtml" eudora="autourl">http://www.hoaxkill.com/index2.thtml</a><br><br>
What is HoaxKill?<br><br>
Most Internet users are familiar with virus warnings, chain letters
and<br>
petitions which arrive in their mailbox. Many of these messages spread
false<br>
information and waste a lot of bandwidth by asking you to forward them to
all<br>
your friends.<br><br>
The HoaxKill service was created to help you identify hoaxes and to
actively<br>
combat them. To find out if a message is a hoax, you can look for it on
this<br>
website. If it's not there, you can send it to us at
hoaxcheck@hoaxkill.com<br>
for verification.<br><br>
Once you are certain that a message is a hoax, you can send it to<br>
hoaxkill@hoaxkill.com. Our software will then extract the addresses of
all<br>
previous recipients from the message and inform them all that the message
is<br>
a hoax.<br><br>
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This site also helps you take action against hoaxes:<br><br>
<a href="http://www.netsquirrel.com/combatkit/" eudora="autourl">http://www.netsquirrel.com/combatkit/</a><br><br>
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COMPUTER VIRUS MYTHS<br><br>
<a href="http://www.spcug.org/hoax.htm" eudora="autourl">http://www.spcug.org/hoax.htm</a><br>
<a href="http://www.vmyths.com/" eudora="autourl">http://www.Vmyths.com/</a><br>
<a href="http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/hoax.html" eudora="autourl">http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/hoax.html</a><br><br>
REAL VIRUSES & HOW TO DEAL WITH THEM<br><br>
<a href="http://www.scambusters.org/viruses.html" eudora="autourl">http://www.scambusters.org/viruses.html</a><br>
<a href="http://www.itd.umich.edu/virusbusters/" eudora="autourl">http://www.itd.umich.edu/virusbusters/</a><br><br>
SOUTH AFRICAN LEGENDS<br><br>
<a href="http://www.legends.org.za/arthur/" eudora="autourl">http://www.legends.org.za/arthur/</a>
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