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Real Virus Alert: This holiday season brings a new round of virus attacks unleashed on unsuspecting computer users. The virus (worm) comes as an attachment to an e-mail. The attachment contains the malware, which will be unleashed upon clicking the file (merely reading the e-mail will not cause infection). It is a Trojan, containing a keylogger and password stealer. The e-mail may have one of the following subject lines:
UPS Delivery Failure
You've received A Hallmark E-Card!(NOTE: this is NOT the Hallmark postcard hoax) McDonalds wishes you Merry Christmas!
Coca Cola is proud to announce our new Christmas Promotion.
An old friend added you as a friend on facebook
Up-to-date virus-scanning software will be able to detect it, and MalwareBytes should be able to remove it. The absolute best way to avoid infection, however, is to practice safe computing.
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are HOAXES - they are simply not true! No big company is going to give you a GIFT CERTIFICATE (giveaway hoaxes), spamming your friends and family will not provide medical care or financial relief for an ILL OR INJURED CHILD (sympathy hoaxes), that PERFUME IS NOT ETHER (urban legends), and there is no such thing as E-MAIL TRACKING! If you receive an e-mail urging you to forward a message that contains a reference to any of these, or similar items, please DO NOT, as you will only be helping to perpetrate and perpetuate the hoax. You can read about the FIVE TELLTALE SIGNS to learn how to identify a hoax message. For a list of the top ten Internet hoaxes as compiled by Sophos Anti-Virus, click HERE. Click HERE for a list of the top ten hoax questions received by Hoax Busters.
It's worth noting that just because these are listed as hoaxes doesn't mean that a determined virus writer couldn't use the same name as one of these hoaxes on their infected file and send it out as an e-mail attachment (see Wobbler hoax below). The best way to reduce the risk of getting a real computer virus is to practice SAFE COMPUTING. Click HERE for more information about real computer viruses.
Anti-virus programs, spyware scanners, and firewalls are essential items to have, and use, for protecting your computer from attack. We have compiled some of our favorites, which you can see HERE.
A A Virtual Card for You ACE-? cell phone virus ACLU no crosses in govt. cemeteries Government subsidized Marines praying Advance Fee Scam see Nigerian Scam see Scams African Press International see Michelle Obama A.I.D.S. virus Open: very cool! All Seeing Eye AltaVista virus a.k.a. Londhouse Amazon Rain Forest Amero coin Andy Rooney in praise of older women list of observations list of things he has learned racist and sexist remarks tips for telemarketers Anti-CDA virus Anti-perspirant causes breast cancer AOL Badguy Expired credit card info FlashNews Forward e-mail or lose IM IM fee IM Trojan/virus Intel merger Microsoft merger Riot V4.0 cookie Year 2000 update Ashley Marc James Ashley Todd robbery victim ASP virus Aspartame hoax Betty Martini Nancy Markle Sweet Poison ATM virus
B Baby-eating in China in Taiwan man-eats-fetus photo Baby New Year virus Bad American George Carlin Ted Nugent Bad guy changing tire in the backseat selling perfume Bad Times Ball pit disgusting stuff in pit Kevin Archer needles snakes Ban religious broadcasting Dr. James Dobson Joel Olsteen Joyce Meyer Madalyn Murray O'Hair petition 2493 Bananas Costa Rican bananas flesh-eating bacteria Barack Obama (see FAQ) 50 lies African Press International Ashley Todd Bill Brown e-mail cousin of Raila Odinga death list doesn't support the military doesn't support the police donated money to Odinga endorsed by the KKK foreign political contributions hiding his birth certificate holds dual citizenship ignored troops in Afghanistan Internet fundraising Maureen Dowd is a communist is a Marxist is a Muslim is not patriotic is a socialist is soft on crime is soft on terrorism is the Antichrist Nostradamus not a U.S. Citizen organizer for ACORN pals around with terrorists SF Chronicle withholds tape sex video (virus warning) Snopes in the tank for Obama upside down phone photo Big Brother virus BIG VIRUS COMING!!! see Postcard virus Biggest dog in the world photo Bill 602P Bill Gates $1000 give away 11 rules of life e-mail tracking Billy Graham walk to Bourbon Street Black Inheritance Tax Refund 40 Acres and a Mule Black Tax Inheritance Rebate Blacks lose right to vote in 2007 Blueballs Are Underrated Blue Mountain cards Blue package see Klingerman virus Blush Spider see Toilet spiders Bonsai kittens Bottled water in car plastic causes cancer see Dioxin Boycott cars Pope Benedict Boycott gasoline see FAQ Boycott letters see Chain letters Bras see Breast worms Brazilian plane crash photos Brazilian Rain Forest Breast cancer Anti-perspirant Breast worms Susan McKinley wash bras before use Brownie camera photos of Perl Harbor Brutus the dog Medal of Honor winner see FAQ Bud Frogs screen saver Buddylist BUGGLST Bugslife screen saver bum_tnoo7@hotmail.com Bureau of Indian Affairs E-mail tracking Burundanga
C CA-125 ovarian cancer test California virus Cambodian Midget Fighting League Canola oil Car bumping see Gang initiations Car jacking paper on rear window Card for You Cat how to give a cat a colonic photo of giant cat Snowball the cat photo Catfish photo of man-eating catfish Cell phones 5 things a cell phone can do 90# / #90 call 112 in emergency causes gas station fires cook an egg cook popcorn display serial number hidden battery power numbers going public telemarketers unlock a car door Cell phone virus ACE-? ICE Unavailable virus in phone causes death XALAN CellSaver Celecom screen saver Chain letters see Boycott letters see Urban legends Cheating at gas pump Cartersville, Georgia Chicken wings cause ovarian cysts contain steroids Chickens from China Wal-Mart Child Protection Unit closing see Petitions see South African Police Service Christmas card for Recovering Soldier see FAQ CITGO changing name to Petro Express Class project name game science project see Chain letters Cleanmgr.exe see Sulfnbk.exe "Clear" button at gas pump Clinton Bill Clinton and Enron Clinton Body Count see Hillary Clinton Coca-Cola Coke and Mentos cause death Coke vs water harmful acidity sending money to Israel Cockroach see Roaches Code grabber steal keyless entry codes Cold water after eating causes cancer causes heart attacks Columbia space shuttle cracks in the wing photo explosion photos setting sun photo Compaq Computer Corporation see Upgrade Internet Corpus Christi gay Jesus movie Costa Rican bananas flesh-eating bacteria Cough CPR Mended Hearts Rochester General Hospital see FAQ Crocodile photos see Hurricane Katrina Crying baby serial killer
D Dalai Lama Good Karma mantra Instructions for Life Maha Mrityonjaya mantra mantra audio file Dana Dear Friends Death69 Deeyenda Dennis Miller Trying to Help Wichita Falls paper Denzel Washington Fisher House Today Show Deodorant see Anti-perspirant Desi1love Despite virus Ukraine Dihydrogen Monoxide DHMO Dioxin Johns Hopkins Walter Reed water bottle in heated car Disney giveaway DiveIntoMyHaneZ Dobson see James Dobson dont_ask@hotmail.com
E Eagles can rejuvenate themselves new feathers, talons and beaks EBOLA [computer] virus E-Flu E-mail petitions see Petitions E-mail tax Bill 602P E-mail tracking E-mail or get a virus El Poco Flashmaster G Elf Bowling Enron Bill Clinton Envelopes roach eggs in glue Ericsson free computer or phone Ether disguised as perfume Evil the Cat extra_titanian E-ZPass to catch speeders
F FAQ F/A-37 Talon Family Pictures FatCat virus Febreze kills pets Flashing headlights see Gang initiations Flashmaster G El Poco Flesh-eating bacteria Costa Rican bananas Flower for You Flu shot shortage John Edwards Foot N Mouth Free M&Ms Free Money Free_mumia911 Free Pizza Frogapult Frogs and Fishes Funprog
G Gang initiations ankle slashing car bumping halloween headlight flashing kidnap a woman kill a woman kill a woman & child LSD & strychnine MS-13 initiation GAP E-mail Tracking Gas pump cheating Cartersville, Georgia Gas pump scam press "clear" after fueling Gasoline boycott see FAQ Gay Jesus movie Corpus Christi Genetic organisms Chicken Kentucky Fried Chicken KFC Genpets George Bush Reagan Diaries George Carlin A Bad American Hurricane Rules Paradox of Our Time Get More Money Ghost photo India Malayan cemetery Sundarbans Gift cards and bankruptcy see FAQ Gift certificates see Giveaway hoaxes Gift for you see Klingerman virus Girl Thing Giveaway hoaxes Glade gel candle fires PlugIns fires Good Times Grammar Bug Guts to Say Jesus Returned or Unable to Deliver
H Hackers List Hacky Birthday virus Hairy Palms virus Hallmark postcard virus see Postcard virus Halloween virus Hands of God photo Hurricane Charley Hantavirus Leptospirosis on soda cans rat urine virus Harrisonville gas stations gas station fraud Having a Bad Day at Work Shark attacks helicopter Heart attack slide show see cough CPR Help 48 hours Help Poor Dog Hercules biggest dog photo world's biggest dog Hidden needles see Needles Hillary Clinton Black Panthers Clinton Body Count Gold Star Mothers Horse-thief ancestor Secret Service fees virus warning (real) Hitler Hoax HIV hidden needles in ketchup Holocaust University of Kentucky Home invasion Patricia Harrington Hot water after eating helps prevent cancer helps prevent heart attacks Hotel room key card Hotmail Fees Forward an e-mail Too many users How to deep fry a cat PBR How to give a cat a colonic Cat Hurricane Charley hands of God photo Hurricane Isabel oil tanker photos Hurricane Katrina crocodile photos escaped prisoners Hurricane photo Hypodermic needles see Needles
I ICE cell phone virus Identity theft see Scams IDNYSTE$$.FYI I'm your shadow In-N-Out Burger cheap food on Oct. 22 low prices on anniversary In God We Trust missing from $1 coin In praise of older women see Andy Rooney INFILTER Initiation see Gang initiations Intel AOL merger International Driver's License Internet access charge Internet cleanup day Internet Flower for You Intifadah.cjb.net Invitation virus aka Merry Christmas virus aka Olympic Torch virus Irina It takes guts to say Jesus Returned or Unable to Deliver
J j_neutron07 virus James Dobson ban religious broadcasts petition 2493 Jan1st20.exe Jason Stallings rockhard abs jdbe.exe see Sulfnbk.exe Jdbgmgr.exe see Sulfnbk.exe Joel Olsteen see James Dobson John Kennedy Jr Trojan John McCain illegitimate black baby Wilson sisters letter (Heart) Johns Hopkins cancer update see Dioxin Join the Crew jokerkid613/Ja$on MoNeY Joyce Meyer see James Dobson Just for you see Klingerman virus
K Kali Let's watch TV Keith Urban Kentucky Fried Chicken Ketchup see HIV Kevin Archer Keys hotel room key card KFC Kittens in a jar Bonsai kittens Klingerman virus Blue package Gift for you Human virus Just for you Sponges Koran see Quran Kurkure contains plastic
L LEARN TO LOVE Leptospirosis Hantavirus on soda cans rat urine virus Let's watch TV Kali Life is Beautiful Lipstick causes cancer test for lead Little Mommy Cuddle 'n Coo doll Lotteries see Scams Loundhouse Lump of Coal virus
M MacDonald's screensaver virus also see McDonald's Madalyn Murray O'Hair Ban religious programming FCC petition 2493 Touched by an Angel MADD petition Mail Server Report virus warning see FAQ Make money fast Mars close to Earth on August 27 two moons on August 27 Matrix virus Mattel Little Mommy Cuddle 'n Coo doll Maureen Dowd Obama fundraising Maya Angelou poems and stories Beautiful Christian Sister Clothes I Am a Christian Things I've Learned interviewed on Oprah show McCain see John McCain McDonald's also see "Ball pit" boycott imports beef from South America sending money to Israel Texas Cattle Feeders Assc. letter worm meat in burgers Mel Gibson man without a face Mentos and Coca-Cola causes death if consumed together Merry Christmas virus aka Invitation virus aka Olympic Torch virus Michelle Obama API interview Waldorf-Astoria room service "whitey" video won't release college thesis Microsoft AOL merger Bill Gates $1000 give away E-mail tracking rebates Homepage virus Walt Disney chain letter Microwaved water harmful to plants Millennium Time Bomb Miller's free beer Missing day NASA discovers missing day Missouri gas station fraud Harrisonville Mobile phone virus ACE-? Unavailable Moment of Silence Mondex mark of the beast Money Angel (chain letter) Money transfer see Nigerian Scam Monkeyman935 MP# virus Mule vs mountain lion MusicPanel MS-13 gang see Gang initiations MSN is closing down see also Hotmail
N Nancy Pelosi 100% tax on windfall profits NASA discovers missing day Naughty robot NastyFriend99 Necrotizing fasciitis Costa Rican bananas Needles [urban legend] In ball pit [Kevin Archer] In coin return slots On gas pump handles On theater seats Neiman Marcus cookies New Family Pictures New Ice Age New Pictures of Family New poisonous spider in U.S. see Toilet spiders New way to steal cars code grabber steal keyless entry codes NGO/CBO Workshop see Scams Niagra Falls frozen in 1911 Nigerian Scam NLF ONLINE Lottery see Scams Nokia free computer or phone screensaver virus Noma see Scams Norman virus Norton anti-virus Postcard virus v5 Nostradamus Barack Obama City of God World Trade Center NPR & PBS funding see Petitions
O Obama see Barack Obama see Michelle Obama Oliver North testimony Al Gore Osama bin Laden Olympic Torch virus aka Invitation virus aka Merry Christmas virus ooosparklesooo88 Open: very cool! A.I.D.S. virus Osama bin Laden virus warning invitation virus = hoax Olympic torch virus = hoax see FAQ Oscar Meyer boycott doesn't support war or troops see FAQ see Starbucks Ovarian cancer test CA-125
P Palin see Sarah Palin Panda Express free food in Nov. Pandemic Patricia Harrington 11-year-old girl home invasion PBR virus How to deep fry a cat PBS & NPR funding see Petitions Pelosi 100% tax on windfall profits Penny Brown Penpal greetings Pepsi Kanye West under God Perfume Received in the mail Used in robberies (ether) Perl Harbor photos taken with Brownie camera Perrin.exe Petitions Petro Express changed name from CITGO Phantom Menace Phenylpropanolamine see FAQ Photos from Brownie camera mother and child rock formation space shuttle exploding sunset at North Pole Plane loses wing video Plastic water bottle in car causes breast cancer see Dioxin PLEEEEEASE REEEEEAD! PlugIns Glade Pluperfect Pool Party Poor Dog Pope Benedict boycott cars Postcard virus from Hallmark see FAQ Progesterex Puppies Golden Retriever Purell burns hands
R Rain forest - Brazil Rat urine virus Hantavirus Leptospirosis on soda cans Reagan Diaries ne'er-do-well George Real ID Act chip implants federal ID number Katrina related legislation loss of all benefits Red Alert Microsoft homepage virus Religious Broadcasting Dr. James Dobson Joel Olsteen Joyce Meyer Madalyn Murray O'Hair petition 2493 Remote keyless entry code grabber steals key code Returned or Unable to Deliver (this is not about the UPS virus) it takes guts to say Jesus Roaches In glue (envelopes) In tacos Robin Williams peace plan Rockhard abs Jason Stallings Rooney see Andy Rooney Roosevelt WW II Memorial omission
S Sandman SAPS see South African Police Service Sarah Palin Anchorage Daily News interview banned book list bikini photo didn't know Africa is a continent faked her pregnancy father of Bristol's baby is black nude photo opposed "bridge to nowhere" Van Halen SARC Virus Test Sassy Scams (these are not hoaxes) 1-800-flowers AOL scam Best Buy scam Census scam Chase Bank Citibank Harvard scholarship Hitman extortion scam IRS e-audit scam IRS form W-4100B2 scam IRS refund scam Job offer Jury duty scam Lottery scam any lottery offer MTN Nigeria National Do Not E-mail Registry NGO/CBO Workshop Nigerian scam NLF ONLINE Lottery Noma Children Hospital Overpayment scam PayPal scam Phishing Regions Bank Visa/MasterCard scam School project name game science project see Chain letters Scoutshacker Shampoo causes cancer sodium laurel sulfate sodium laureth sulfate Shark's Love slideshow presentation Shuttle explosion pictures simon_25_@hotmail.co.uk Simon Pugh Sinbad is dead Slavemaster Snopes not reliable e-mail is a hoax Snowball the cat photo Sodium Laureth Sulfate (SLES) Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS) South African Police Service (SAPS) closing Child Protection Unit see Petitions South Park Newsletter Space shuttle explosion pictures Speeding ticket frenzy California New Jersey Tennessee Texas Sponges in the mail see Klingerman virus Spunkball Starbucks anti-anyone or anything anti-Israel boycott doesn't support war or troops financial aid to Israeli military see FAQ see Oscar Meyer Stores closing see Gift cards Subpoena United States District Court Sulfnbk.exe same as jdbe.exe same as Jdbgmgr.exe Sundarbans see Ghost photo Sunset at North Pole photo Supreme Court no crosses in govt. cemeteries Surcharge (see Tax) E-mail tax [Bill 602P] Internet access charge Long distance access charge Modem tax Susan McKinley breast worms wash bras before use SweetCaliGuy4evr Sweet Poison see Aspartame hoax Swiffer kills pets Sympathy hoaxes
T Talon F/A-37 fighter plane Tampax Pearl see Tampons Tampons Asbestos Dioxin see Tampax Target $5 discount coupon stores are anti-veteran see FAQ Tax (see Surcharge) E-mail tax [Bill 602P] Internet access charge Long distance access charge Modem tax Telamonia dimidiata see Toilet spiders Teletubbies The New Ice Age Time Bomb Toilet spiders Blush spider Telamonia dimidiata Touched by an Angel Tsunami photos deep sea creatures taken by niece from Bangalore wave as tall as skyscraper Tuxissa virus
U Ukraine Despite virus Una Tarjeta Virtual Unable to Deliver Returned Unavailable mobile phone virus Underwear see Breast worms University of Kentucky removed Holocaust curriculum Upgrade Internet UPS uniforms Urban legends
W WW II Memorial missing words Wal-Mart chickens from China Wal-Mart fire burned 6-year-old girl AOL e-mail tracking Walter Reed Medical Center see Dioxin Wash bras before use breast worms Susan McKinley Water bottle in car plastic causes cancer see Dioxin Win a holiday Windows will Fail on Jan 1 Wobbler virus Women as victims Wooden Horse Work virus (joke) World Domination World Trade Center Halloween at the mall Jews missing work Nostradamus Sponges of death Stolen rental trucks Tourist photo UN Peace Initiative Weird Windows fonts WTC Survivor virus World's biggest dog Hercules Wrath of the Eagle Quran (9:11)
# #90 or 90# cell phones $800 from Microsoft 2493 (FCC petition) ban religious broadcasts Dr. James Dobson Joel Olsteen Joyce Meyer 2-way mirror detecting 3b Trojan 48 hours Help 5 things a cell phone can do 602P [e-mail tax]
