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Trend Micro Hoax Encyclopedia - Searchable listing of hoax viruses and hoax Trojan programs.
Hoax Warnings - Information source for new virus hoaxes and false alerts, with searchable virus and hoax description database.
The Register - The Persistence of Hoax - Story about old computer virus hoaxes and how people still fall for them.
Virus Bulletin: Hoaxes - [Requires Free Registration] Explains virus hoaxes and what to do with them.
Hoaxes and Scares - Hoaxes listed by name and type, with policy to help prevent hoaxes from spreading.
About.com: Hoax Information Center - Alphabetically organized descriptions of computer virus hoaxes, past and present.
Vmyths - Computer virus myths, hoaxes, urban beliefs, hysteria, and the implications of believing in them, with historical data, theories on the spread of virus myths, and descriptions of popular virus misconceptions.
Symantec: Hoaxes - Uncovering hoaxes that usually arrive in the form of an email, or promotions that sound too good to be true.
How to Spot a Virus Hoax - Presenting a simple generic system to aid in analyzing virus warnings and showing how to handle a false virus warning.
Cyndi's List of Internet Stuff You Need to Know - List of links to online resources, including sections on computer viruses, hoaxes, misunderstandings and scams.

Computer virus - A computer virus is a computer program that can copy itself and infect a computer without permission or knowledge of the user. The original virus may modify the copies or the copies may modify themselves, as occurs in a metamorphic virus.
Cascade (computer virus) - Cascade was a computer virus that had more of a humorous effect than an annoying effect. When anyone typed something on their computer and the virus was on there, the virus would force all the characters to the bottom of the screen into a pile.
Jeefo (computer virus) - The Jeefo Virus, also known as the Hidrag Virus is a computer virus which was made by the same hackers who created the Gedza Virus. It infects Windows Portable Executable files.
Virus (computer game) - Virus is a computer game designed by David Braben, developed by Frontier Developments, and Published by British Telecom (under the Firebird name). Virus is a port of the game Zarch, the flagship game of the Acorn Archimedes computer.
Crazy Boot (computer virus) - Crazy Boot is a computer virus that infects the Microsoft Windows operating systems causing no physical damage nor direct loss of information; it would be known as a hoax to some. If the host computer is booted from an infected floppy disk, this virus makes it look as though all physical hard drives ...