Hi Folks,

Simple rule of thumb here.  As soon as you get an email telling you about
a virus, and telling you to send it to everyone you know, it is most
likely a hoax.  Never-the-less, the first thing you should do, is go to
google and type in either the subject line of the email you received, or
several of the key words from the email.  See what you get.  Nine times
out of ten, snopes will come up as one of the first few sites, and
explaining that it is a hoax.

This is all a matter of experience.  We all do it once, and then we learn.
I can remember being worried about an email virus called "Good Times".
That was at least ten years ago, back when viruses really couldn't be sent
via email. :-)

Live and learn.

 --
Blue skies.
Dan Rossi
Carnegie Mellon University.
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