Snopes.com is also a good source of information for urban legends and current hoaxes (see #4)... ~Claudine :)
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of MikeB Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 8:49 AM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Teddy Bear Virus Whenever you receive ANY email detailing how you should take steps to DELETE anything from you machine, you need to make the rounds to www.Symantec.com, www.MacAfee.com, and hoaxbusters.ciac.org/ . ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Downall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 9:38 AM Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Teddy Bear Virus > I didn't mean to make Laura feel foolish. It wasn't "Laura's steps," it was > some virus prankster's steps. Virus and hoax perpetrators can > sometimes be very clever about making their advice appear legitimate. > Bill O. is right, list servers are one way to check out, verify and > communicate about threats, both real and phony. > > Bill D. > > On Thu, 23 Jan 2003 07:59:04 -0600, Laura Harris wrote: > > >Thank you for clearing this up. I was very worried that I'd > >spread something harmful to everyone's computers. > > > >I regret responding to the hoax and feel rather foolish. > > > >
