> I've not been able to find anything about it on the sites for Computer > Associates (InoculateIT - which is now my virus scanner of choice), McAfee, > CIAC (Part of the US dept of Energy), or Symantec (Norton AntiVirus) sites. > > Doesn't mean it isn't real, but probably not worth passing on to the world. > Here are some of my favorite sites for finding virus information and hoax > warnings...worth bookmarking these. > > http://ca.com/virusinfo/ Computer Associates > > http://www.ciac.org/ciac/CIACVirusDatabase.html CIAC > > http://www.mcafee.com/anti-virus/default.asp? McAfee > > http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/vinfodb.html Norton/Symantec > > If you are interested, InoculateIT PE (PE stands for personal edition) is > available for free at http://antivirus.cai.com/. If you register, updates > are free. A Mercury News article tipped me off to this one. Apparently a > growing list of large companies are starting to use CA's Anti-Virus, and > I've personally found it to use less overhead than McAfee's software, while > doing all the same things. Worth mentioning though that any AntiVirus > software, whether it be CA, McAfee, or Norton, is good to have, as long as > you keep it up to date. > > Here is something interesting on finding out about Hoaxes, from CAIC's pages > at http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/HBHoaxInfo.html#whattodo... > > What to Do When You Receive a Warning > Upon receiving a warning, you should examine its PGP signature to see that > it is from a real response team or antivirus organization. To do so, you > will need a copy of the PGP software and the public signature of the team > that sent the message. The CIAC signature is available at the CIAC home > page: http://ciac.llnl.gov/ You can find the addresses of other response > teams by connecting to the FIRST web page at: http://www.first.org. If there > is no PGP signature, check at this and other hoax sites to see if the > warning has already been declared as a hoax. If you do not find the warning > at the hoax sites, it just may mean that we have not yet seen this > particular hoax. See if the warning includes the name of the person > submitting the original warning. If it does, see if you can determine if the > person really exists. If they do, don't send them an e-mail message. It is > likely that they have nothing to do with this hoax and thousands of people > sending them questions will be just as damaging to them as sending around > the hoax message. Instead, check their personal or company web site. Often > if a person has been the brunt of a hoax, that hoax message will be debunked > on the person's company web site. If you still cannot determine if a message > is real or a hoax, send it to your computer security manager, your ISP, or > your incident response team and let them validate it. > > When in Doubt, Don't Send It Out. > In addition, most anti-virus companies have a web page containing > information about most known viruses and hoaxes. You can also call or check > the web site of the company that produces the product that is supposed to > contain the virus. Checking the PKWARE site for the current releases of > PKZip would stop the circulation of the warning about PKZ300 since there is > no released version 3 of PKZip. Other useful virus and hoax sites are listed > on our Other Hoax Sites pages. In most cases, common sense would eliminate > Internet hoaxes. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > Why People Send Chain Letters and Hoax Messages > Only the original writer knows the real reason, but some possibilities are: > > To see how far a letter will go. > To harass another person (include an e-mail address and ask everyone to > send mail, e.g. Jessica Mydek). > To bilk money out of people using a pyramid scheme. > To kill some other chain letter (e.g. Make Money Fast). > To damage a person's or organization's reputation. > > > 'Music is the Doctor' Dano _______________________________________________________ Send a cool gift with your E-Card http://www.bluemountain.com/giftcenter/ _________________________ To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe doobiefans-list" in the body.
