Virus hoaxes require little or no technical skill to initiate and are becoming as common as the virus problem itself. Should information security professionals be concerned about virus hoaxes? After all, it is commonly opinion that they are just a prank that doesn’t really hurt anybody. This paper aims to outline the risks and/or impact that virus hoaxes pose to an organization; provide some simple steps that can help organizations minimize the risk and / or impact of virus hoaxes; and discuss the dilemma that virus hoaxes create for organizations, and the potential future for virus hoaxes.
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