Virus Hoaxes are not actual viruses, but are usually emails warning people about a virus or other malicious software program. Some hoaxes can actually cause as much trouble as viruses by causing massive amounts of unnecessary email to circulate. Most hoaxes can contain warnings about alleged new viruses and their damaging consequences or demands that the reader must forward the warning to as many people as possible etc. If you receive an email message about a virus, be sure to check with a reputable source to ensure the warning is real. Sometimes hoaxes start out as viruses and some viruses start as hoaxes, so both viruses and virus hoaxes should be considered a threat.
Top Reasons To Wipe Away Your Internet History
- Information about all the web sites you have visited is stored on your computer!
- Every image you have ever viewed, sent or received over the Internet is stored on your system!
- There is a record of every program that you have ever downloaded or used on your hard drive!
- Pressing the delete button and emptying the recycle bin does NOT completely delete your files!
- Cleaning your History Files improves the speed of your computer and frees valuable disk space!
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