Virus Warnings and Other Hoax Chain Letters

Recently there has been a rash of virus warning hoaxes and other hoax
chain letters.  They encourage you to send the message on to all of your
friends.  These messages prey on your fear, greed, or compassion to get
you to send them on to others and perpetuate the chain.

But all chain letters are a violation of University Computing policies.
These policies can be found at:

        http://www.calpoly.edu/computing/computing.policies.html

If you receive a message asking you to forward it on, be it a virus
warning, a way of saving money or earning money, or a plea to help
someone in need, check with the resources listed below to verify if it
is a hoax.  If you cannot find it listed at one of these resources, and
it appears to be a virus hoax, forward it to

        pclan@calpoly.edu

They will research the problem and publish information on real virus
threats.

If the message looks like some form of a chain letter, instead of a
virus hoax, please forward it to

        complaints@polymail.cpunix.calpoly.edu

The PCLAN support group has a web page about viruses at

        http://www.pclan.calpoly.edu/virus.htm

Additional information on hoaxes can be found at the CIAC Hoax page:

        http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACHoaxes.html

which is a link from the CIAC page at

        http://ciac.llnl.gov/

Another hoax resource is located at

        http://www.kumite.com/myths/

Remember:  DO NOT send a hoax or any other chain letter, even one about
a REAL virus, on to your friends or other users!

If a user receives such a message from you and complains to
complaints@polymail.calpoly.edu or abuse@calpoly.edu, you will receive a
warning not to do so again and a record will be kept of the incident in
the event that it repeats.