Links for Help in Avoiding Hoaxes, Fraud, and Email Problems

Presented by Geof Goodrum, WACUG Meeting, 11/18/2006



McAfee List of Virus Hoaxes

http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/default.asp?id=hoaxes


Sophos List of Virus Hoaxes

http://www.sophos.com/security/hoaxes/


Urban Legends Reference Pages

http://www.snopes.com/

(Computer, Fraud and Scams, Inboxer Rebellion)


Hoaxbusters

http://www.hoaxbusters.org/

(How to identify a hoax message)


OnGuard OnLine (Federal Trade Commission)

http://onguardonline.gov/index.html


Fraud.org

http://www.fraud.org/

(advice, trends and more)


NetCraft AntiPhishing Toolbar

http://toolbar.netcraft.com/

(phishing protection for web browsers)


PhishTank

http://www.phishtank.com/

(phishing site database)


phishinginfo.org (National Consumers League)

http://www.phishinginfo.org/

(phishing and identity theft information)


419 Eater

http://www.419eater.com/

(scamming the scammers)


Thunderbird e-mail client and Firefox web browser

http://www.mozilla.com/

(free e=mail client and web browser with anti-scam features)