10) Does anyone know about General Info on Hoaxes/Erroneous Alerts
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This article is from the Computer viruses FAQ, by David Harley D.Harley@icrf.icnet.uk, George Wenzel gwenzel@telusplanet.net and Bruce Burrell bpb@umich.edu with numerous contributions by others.
10) Does anyone know about General Info on Hoaxes/Erroneous Alerts
The CIAC updated bulletion mentioned several times above is
at:
http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/h-05.shtml
It includes info on the alerts mentioned below, some historical
background, and suggestions on validating hoaxes rather than
passing them on uncritically.
CIAC have now set up a hoaxes web page at:
http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACHoaxes.html
There's also a page on chain letters which includes relevant
material.
There are lots of useful links at:
http://www.kumite.com/myths
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INFORMATION BULLETIN
H-05 Internet Hoaxes: PKZ300, Irina,
Good Times, Deeyenda, Ghost
November 20, 1996 16:00 GMT
PROBLEM: This bulletin addresses the following hoaxes and erroneous
warnings: PKZ300 Warning, Irina, Good Times, Deeyenda, and
Ghost.exe
PLATFORM: All, via e-mail
DAMAGE: Time lost reading and responding to the messages
SOLUTION: Pass unvalidated warnings only to your computer security
department or incident response team. See below on how to
recognize validated and unvalidated warnings and hoaxes.
VULNERABILITY New hoaxes and warnings have appeared on the Internet and
old
ASSESSMENT: hoaxes are still being cirulated.
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