Hysteria, social engineering and false authority syndrome persuade gullible computer users to do the job of a virus.
Australians have been tricked by a hoax email virus into deleting a harmless computer file that has hit the University of NSW and a number of other local institutions.
A hoax email warning people that their PCs might contain a virus tricked an untold number of people into deleting a beneficial Windows application--and now they're scrambling to get it back.
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A virus warning alerting computer users not to open emails with the subject “New Pictures of Family” is a hoax written by time wasters, according to anti-virus vendor Symantec.
A variant of MSBlast spread on Monday, but the new worm has an odd twist: It applies a patch for the vulnerability that it and other MSBlast worms use to infect Windows systems.
Computer users continue to be duped by false virus alerts persuading them to delete harmless--but sometimes vital--files, and then forward the hoaxes to their friends.
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Computer users continue to be duped by false virus alerts persuading them to delete harmless--but sometimes vital--files, and then forward the hoaxes to their friends.
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If you receive e-mail instructions on how to remove the file SULFNBK from Windows, don't do it. This virus warning is a hoax.
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