Virus Hoaxes - Are You Hoaxing Your Friends And Family?

What is a virus hoax - Tutorials - butterscotch. This short video tutorial from Butterscotch explains the virus hoax, which is a common way of fooling innocent users into sending out fake emails. We have all had warning messages from friends and family members who think they are helping us by passing along a warning of some alleged computer virus being passed from a particular message or site. Many of them are hoaxes, and the warning itself is the virus. Watch this, and be careful what you forward to friends and family.

Comments

[Edward Adamsky]

I sometimes get emails that are weird but don't appear to have anything attached. I just got one asking for price quotes on solar panels and printer ink. What's with that sort of thing? Is this a scam or a way to give me a virus or just to get my email address if I respond?

[Rick Georges]

I'd have to see the email to give an opinion. It sounds more like ordinary spam to me. But, I wouldn't ever reply to spam either. If you are interested in a product, manually type the url in your browser, and see what comes up.

[Edward Adamsky]

As a lawyer I've received emails that ask for help with collecting a debt or judgement and I'm sure they are bogus scams so I delete them. But why would I get an email asking me to give my price for a product I don't sell? I've received several variations of such things over the last few months. There are no attachments, just a generic email that asks questions that don't apply to me. Like, what is the price you charge for solar cells (which I don't even remotely sell). I just delete them, but I'm curious what they might be doing for the sender (I know what the scam emails do for the sender ...)

[Charles Jannace]

Forward no non-business emails that have been forwarded to you. Period.