Comments on: New chain letter alert: “Worst computer virus confirmed by Snopes” http://Vmyths.com/2008/11/22/snopes/ Truth about computer security hysteria Tue, 22 Sep 2009 01:09:03 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: RyanMeray http://Vmyths.com/2008/11/22/snopes/comment-page-1/#comment-38 RyanMeray Sun, 07 Dec 2008 22:37:26 +0000 http://Vmyths.com/?p=190#comment-38 I received this forward from a relative a few days ago. Most of my friends and family are smart enough to have someone vet fantastic email forwards like this one, but most people aren't so lucky. Since I discourage users who can't spot a spoofed link or unsafe URLs from clicking on links in email forwards, I can cut people slack for not investigating the Snopes link further. The irony that the very information which debunks the email is linked from within the email, with no obfuscation, though, is pretty awesome. I received this forward from a relative a few days ago. Most of my friends and family are smart enough to have someone vet fantastic email forwards like this one, but most people aren’t so lucky.

Since I discourage users who can’t spot a spoofed link or unsafe URLs from clicking on links in email forwards, I can cut people slack for not investigating the Snopes link further.

The irony that the very information which debunks the email is linked from within the email, with no obfuscation, though, is pretty awesome.

]]> By: Sean Reiser http://Vmyths.com/2008/11/22/snopes/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Sean Reiser Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:35:39 +0000 http://Vmyths.com/?p=190#comment-32 Wrote a message debunking on this hoax yesterday as this was posted in the "Manufacturing" section over on linkedin. The one thing that did make me chuckle was that the snopes article pretty much debunks every point of hysteria in the message (not the worst.. never on CNN... here's the article on McAfee for the remedy). Although I'm a technologist, I don't consider myself an expert on viruses. I'm just a critical thinker who knows where to find the information, when necessary. I find it funny that 95% percent of the facts in the message were contradicted in the supporting documentation. Keep fighting the good fight, Rob! Wrote a message debunking on this hoax yesterday as this was posted in the “Manufacturing” section over on linkedin.

The one thing that did make me chuckle was that the snopes article pretty much debunks every point of hysteria in the message (not the worst.. never on CNN… here’s the article on McAfee for the remedy).

Although I’m a technologist, I don’t consider myself an expert on viruses. I’m just a critical thinker who knows where to find the information, when necessary. I find it funny that 95% percent of the facts in the message were contradicted in the supporting documentation.

Keep fighting the good fight, Rob!

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