Tuesday, February 20, 2001
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I am normally not a person very paranoid about computer viruses, but I do know there are a lot of computer users out there that seem to always worry about this and that virus and whether or not their computer is safe enough. That's why I'm so glad someone decided to create a site about computer virus hoaxes and urban legends that helps dispell myths and other beliefs that any computer user may have.
It even has a section with articles about a condition they call "False Authority Syndrome" which is described as when a person who speaks with authority about computer viruses and has little or no genuine expertise. Most of the time they are people who just happen to work in the computer field or know how to use a computer. I think it's hilarious when people act like that...I know there are a lot of people like that out there who spread waves of paranoia to less experienced computer users. They're probably also the same type of people who would believe that when you can't connect to your ISP it's always the ISP's fault. It's couldn't ever possibly be their piece of crap $5 Winmodem -- NOooo...never.
Be sure to check their Hoaxes section as well... it contains an FAQ and articles about overblown virus alerts and such.
blabbed by Rosalyn Baumbach@5:49 PM
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