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What may be happening is some people for whatever reason are posting false claims that they have got this virus and then linking to the handful of blogs with the fix. I may be wrong on this but alarm bells are ringing. --[[User:Quarantine|Quarantine]] 12:20 , 9 June 2007 (UTC) | What may be happening is some people for whatever reason are posting false claims that they have got this virus and then linking to the handful of blogs with the fix. I may be wrong on this but alarm bells are ringing. --[[User:Quarantine|Quarantine]] 12:20 , 9 June 2007 (UTC) | ||
:I'd rather assume that it's real for now until I hear from somewhere reputable that it isn't. The consequences of falling for a hoax aren't that bad, while the consequences of not helping users if it's real are.--[[User:Np|Np]] 18:40, 9 June 2007 (UTC) | |||
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could this be a hoax
The reports of this virus may be a hoax. Google searches on this bring up a lot of hits to forums and some blogs with the reported fix, but there is a total lack of any information on this from the anti-virus companies. I have searched several of the leading anti-virus companies sites, including Avast who supposedly can remove this, and have not been able to find any mention of this virus. If there was a virus in the wild I would have thought the anti-virus companies would have picked up on this by now.
What may be happening is some people for whatever reason are posting false claims that they have got this virus and then linking to the handful of blogs with the fix. I may be wrong on this but alarm bells are ringing. --Quarantine 12:20 , 9 June 2007 (UTC)
- I'd rather assume that it's real for now until I hear from somewhere reputable that it isn't. The consequences of falling for a hoax aren't that bad, while the consequences of not helping users if it's real are.--Np 18:40, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
