The sky is not falling. The site offers links to both generic and specific myths, urban legends, genuine horror stories resulting from someone's belief of a computer virus myth and the computer virus hysteria awards. The site is organized by topic and includes an alphabetical listing of virus hoaxes, myths and overblown threats. It also explains the difference between a virus and a Trojan horse and details how these malicious programming techniques can affect a user.
Viruses are only one of many issues pecking away at the concept of security.
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