Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Spam, hoaxes & other bump-in-the-night emails

A few good sites
to check to see if
that email you just
got is truth . . .

or . . .

SPAM!!!

About urban legends and hoaxes - particularly those sent via email:
Snopes
About Urban Legends
Break the Chain
TruthOrFiction.com

From the government:
US-CERT (Computer Emergency Readiness Team)
US DOE CIAC (Computer Incident Advisory Capability)

MalWare companies:
Symantec
McAfee
Trend Micro

From the techie point of view:
VMyths.com

Scary legends and tales:
Halloween legends at Snopes.com

And if all else fails, try running a search using your favorite search engine and see what people are saying about it.

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