A computer virus hoax is a message warning the recipients of a non-existent computer virus threat. The message is usually a chain e-mail that tells the...

after the hoax's originators have died or departed Computer virus hoaxes became widespread as viruses themselves began to spread. A typical hoax is an email...

obscurity Cyberwarfare Computer worm Spyware Virus hoax Zombie computer Vincentas (11 July 2013). "Computer Viruses in SpyWareLoop.com". Spyware Loop. Archived...

famous in the early 2000s as the subject of an e-mail hoax. The hoax claimed that SULFNBK.EXE was a virus, and contained instructions to locate and delete...

"Antichrist", or Anticristo, was a Spanish-language computer virus hoax distributed via email in 2001. The email was detected by Symantec, who is the owner...

The Goodtimes virus, also styled as Good Times virus, was a computer virus hoax that spread during the early years of the Internet's popularity. Warnings...

The following is a list of hoaxes: These types of hoaxes are semi-comical or private "sting operations" intended to expose people. They usually encourage...

jdbgmgr.exe virus hoax involved an e-mail spam in 2002 that advised computer users to delete a file named jdbgmgr.exe because it was a computer virus. jdbgmgr...

many people as possible. This is called a virus hoax. Virus phases is the life cycle of the computer virus, described by using an analogy to biology....

pass on the message. Another common form of email chain letter is the virus hoax and a form of cyberbullying. Chain letters within social media platforms...