Thursday, January 8, 2009

How to: avoid hoaxes

Have a company policy on virus warnings:

Set up a company policy on virus warnings. For example: “Do not forward any virus warnings of any kind to ANYONE other than the person responsible for anti-virus issues. It doesn’t matter if the virus warnings come from an anti-virus vendor or have been confi rmed by a large computer company or your best friend. ALL virus warnings should be sent to [name of responsible person] only. It is their job to notify everybody of virus warnings. A virus warning which comes from any other source should be ignored.”

Keep informed about hoaxes:

Keep informed about hoaxes by visiting the hoaxes pages on our website www.sophos.com/security/hoaxes/

Don’t forward chain letters:

Don’t forward a chain letter, even if it offers you rewards for doing so, or claims to be distributing useful information.

Sophos.com

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