Fw: Teddy Bear Icon Virus

[Christopher Tessone]

>>>>> "colkitto" == colkitto  <colkitto at SPRINT.CA> writes:

    colkitto> and it's at least two or three years old to boot - the
    colkitto> same message went the rounds ages ago.  Has it been
    colkitto> floating round the Net ever since?

These things never really die.  The important thing to take away from
this is, even if the various anti-virus programs are temporarily
incapable of detecting a virus, any virus of any consequence will
*always* be posted to symantec.com and the virus sites of other major
anti-virus software companies.  Before forwarding a warning about a
virus, you should *always* check those databases first (or at least
google the name of the virus) to see whether it is genuine or a hoax.

If people would do this with viruses and check Snopes for urban
legends, a lot of nonsense that circulates on the Net would die a
quick and well-deserved death.  Instead, people flood others' inboxes
with info they haven't even fact checked.

Chris

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Christopher A. Tessone
Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois
BA Student, Russian and Mathematics
http://www.polyglut.net/

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