Hoaxes & Urban Legends Hot Links Page


CDC - Hoaxes & Rumors- hoax
http://www.cdc.gov/hoax_rumors.htm   Resource type: information

Current Health Related Hoaxes and Rumors from the Center for Disease Control. This site provide the factual information about hoaxes that are being propegated by the web.


Hoaxbusters - US Dept of Energy Computer Incident - hoax
http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/   Resource type: information

This is the US government's main effort at controling computer virus hoaxes. It list up to the minute information about hoaxes and real viruses.


Internet Hoaxes Email Rumors and Urban Legends - C- hoax
http://urbanlegends.miningco.com/library/blhoax.htm   Resource type: information

Very cool list of all the weird things you've ever heard and wondered about. It has lots of things that you heard and probably thought were true. Check it out.


McAfee Virus & Hoax Information Center- hoax
http://vil.mcafee.com/hoax.asp   Resource type: information

There are a lot of viruses out there. But some aren't really out there at all. Virus hoaxes are more than mere annoyances, as they may lead some users to routinely ignore all virus warning messages, leaving them vulnerable to a genuine, destructive virus. Next time you receive an urgent virus warning message, be sure to check the list of known virus hoaxes below. [from site]


Scam Busters- hoax
http://scambusters.com/   Resource type: information,News

Thisage lists and describes Internet scams. The internet allows the rapid and mass communication on which scams are built and thrive.


Symantec Security Information and Hoax Page- hoax
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/hoax.html   Resource type: information,News

Provides up to date information about the latest virus and email hoaxes. Many of the email warnings that are forwarded along are bogus and meant to cause anxiety. Check out any of the warnings you get in the mail before you pass them along.