Virus hoaxes are false reports about non-existent viruses, often claiming to do impossible things. Unfortunately some recipients occasionally believing a hoax to be a true virus warning and may take drastic action (such as shutting down their network). For the past decade, virus hoaxes have flooded the Internet with thousands of viruses’ worldwide, virus paranoia in the community has risen to an extremely high level. It is this paranoia that fuels virus hoaxes. A good example of this behavior is the “Good Times” virus hoax which started in 1994 and is still circulating the Internet today. Instead of spreading from one computer to another by itself, Good Times relies on people to pass it along. Since 1988, computer virus hoaxes have been circulating the Internet.
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