Gunlerce başınızı ağrıtan virus uyarıları aldınız ve bir sure sonra bu uyarının bir yalan olduğunu oğrendiniz.Gunlerce başınızı ağrıtan o virus uyarılarına bilgisayar dunyasında verilan ad,HOAX'dır. Peki nedir bu hoax..?

Hoax,kişi ya da kişiler tarafından internete gonderilen bir virus/worm uyarısıdır.Bu uyarının bir cok gonderilme sebebi vardır.Bunlar:


- Bilgisayar kullanıcılarına hoaxlara karşı deneme.
- Kullanıcıların virusleri ciddiye almasını sağlama.
- Eğlence.

Hoaxların zararı,daha doğru bir deyimle kaygı yaratıcı ozelliği olduğu kadar yararlarının da olduğunu goz ardı etmemek gerek. Aşağıdaki listeden alfabetik olarak sıralanmış bir kac Hoax Bulabilirsiniz...


--> 10 CDs hoax (Ten CDs hoax)
--> 6210 radiation hoax (Nokia cellphone radiation hoax)
--> A.I.D.S. (Open: Very Cool)
--> A4F-Spoof (AOL4FREE)
--> AIDS (Open: Very Cool)
--> AOL Account Monitoring hoax
--> AOL Badguy hoax
--> AOL Badguy hoax twist (Frozen IM hoax)
--> AOL IM chain letter
--> AOL Price petition
--> AOL Riot 2 hoax
--> AOL2000 Update
--> AOL4FREE
--> ASP hoax
--> All Seeing Eye Virus hoax
--> Amanda chain letter
--> Anti-CDA hoax (Meme hoax)
--> BUGGLST
--> Barbie chain letter
--> Bath and Body Works hoax
--> Be My Valentine hoax
--> Bill 602P hoax
--> Bill Gates Email Tracking (Email Tracking)
--> Bloat (MP3 virus)
--> Blue Mountain
--> Blue Mountain Arts (Blue Mountain)
--> Bud Frogs
--> BuddyList hoax (BuddyLst hoax)
--> BuddyLst hoax
--> Budfrogs (Bud Frogs)
--> Budsaver (Bud Frogs)
--> Budweiser Frogs (Bud Frogs)
--> Bug's Life (BUGGLST)
--> California virus hoax (Wobbler virus hoax)
--> Cancer chain letter
--> Casey horror story chain letter
--> Celcom Screen Saver (CellSaver)
--> Cell Phone hoax
--> Cell Phone virus hoax (Cell Phone hoax)
--> CellSaver
--> Christmas Tree
--> Christmas Tree Warnings (Christmas Tree)
--> Clip chain letter
--> Cola-Cola hoax
--> Cookie chain letter (Neiman-Marcus Cookie chain letter)
--> Costa Rica Bananas Infection hoax (Infected Bananas hoax)
--> *****er Barrel Gift Certificate hoax
--> Crazy70707 IM hoax (Frozen IM hoax)
--> Crotale (Matra)
--> Cyber Promotions CDs hoax (Ten CDs hoax)
--> DIGIPHONE hoax (ERICELL enginer hoax)
--> DeafSupport e-mail hoax
--> Deeyenda Maddick
--> Deeyenda (Deeyenda Maddick)
--> Defrag (Good Times)
--> Derffle Virus hoax
--> Deutsche Telekom warning hoax
--> DisneyWorld hoax
--> Don't Delete Iwon.com chain letter
--> Don't Lick Envelopes urban legend
--> Dr. Simons hoax (Money Transfer hoax)
--> Drew Kennedy virus hoax
--> E-Mail Tracker chain letter (RH Power chain letter)
--> E-mail from DeafSupport (DeafSupport e-mail hoax)
--> ELFBOWL and FROGPULT hoaxes
--> ERICELL enginer hoax
--> EXE.EIDE
--> EXE.EIDE hoax
--> EYES.EXE
--> EYES.EXE false alarm (EYES.EXE)
--> Easter comics
--> El Poco virus hoax
--> Elf Bowl (ELFBOWL and FROGPULT hoaxes)
--> ElfBowl hoax (ELFBOWL and FROGPULT hoaxes)
--> Email Bomb warning
--> Email Tracking
--> End Times (Good Times)
--> Ericsson WAP Give-Away hoax
--> Eyes
--> FATE 3.0 warning
--> Family Pictures hoax (New Pictures of Family hoax)
--> Famous People (Easter comics)
--> Fighting Canaries hoax
--> Fish (Frog and Fish warnings)
--> Flashing IM hoax
--> Fortune.exe Virus hoax (What's Your Future hoax)
--> Francesca
--> Francesca chain letter (Francesca)
--> Free Computer Equipment hoax
--> Free Diet Coke hoax
--> Free Gap Clothes
--> Free Gap Clothes hoax (Free Gap Clothes)
--> Free Gift Card hoax (Navy Shopper hoax)
--> Free Money hoax (Derffle Virus hoax)
--> Free Trip
--> Free Trip to Hawaii (Free Trip)
--> Frog Pult (ELFBOWL and FROGPULT hoaxes)
--> Frog and Fish warnings
--> Frog in Blender (Frog and Fish warnings)
--> FrogPult hoax (ELFBOWL and FROGPULT hoaxes)
--> Frozen IM hoax
--> GIF hoax (YUKON3U.MP hoax)
--> Gas Out chain letter
--> Get More Money
--> Get More Money hoax (Get More Money)
--> Ghost
--> Ghosts (Ghost)
--> Girl Thing hoax
--> Good News (Good Times)
--> Good Times
--> Good Times hoax
--> Grammar Bug
--> Grammar Bug 2
--> HIV needles hoax
--> Hacker Riot
--> Hacker's List chain letter
--> HackingBurgh
--> Hackingburgh
--> Hacky B-Day
--> Hallmark Greeting Card hoax
--> Halloween Greetings Post Card hoax
--> Happy New Year hoax (Lump Of Coal hoax)
--> Honda hoax
--> Hot to Deep Fry a Cat hoax (PBR virus hoax)
--> Hotmail Account hoax
--> How to Give a Cat a Colonic hoax
--> I'M Your Shadow hoax
--> IDNYSTE$$.FYI
--> IDNYSTE$$.FYI virus hoax (IDNYSTE$$.FYI)
--> Independence hoax
--> Infected Bananas hoax
--> Intel and AOL Class Action Suit hoax (Microsoft E-Mail Tracking System hoax)
--> Intel and AOL Merger hoax (Microsoft E-Mail Tracking System hoax)
--> Internet Flower For You hoax
--> Internet Flower hoax
--> It Takes Guts to Say Jesus (Jesus)
--> It's Like That hoax
--> Iwon.com chain letter (Don't Delete Iwon.com chain letter)
--> JPG hoax (YUKON3U.MP hoax)
--> Jesus
--> Join the Crew
--> Join the club
--> Jungle Sex chain letter
--> KFC chain letter (Kentucky Fried Chicken chain letter)
--> Kali virus hoax (Wobbler virus hoax)
--> Kentucky Fried Chicken chain letter
--> Klingerman Virus hoax
--> Lets watch TV virus hoax (Wobbler virus hoax)
--> Londhouse
--> Londhouse hoax
--> Lots of Jokes E-mail hoax (Warning Alert hoax)
--> Lotus Notes virus hoax
--> Luck chain letter
--> Lump Of Coal hoax
--> M & Ms Chocolate Candies hoax
--> MIME FORMAT
--> MIME FORMAT hoax
--> MP3 Virus
--> MP3 virus
--> Macro Virus from Microsoft hoax
--> Matra
--> Meme
--> Meme hoax
--> Microsoft
--> Microsoft E-Mail Tracking System hoax
--> Microsoft Homepage Virus hoax (Red Alert)
--> Microsoft and AOL E-mail Beta Test hoax (Microsoft E-Mail Tracking System hoax)
--> Microsoft home page hoax (Microsoft)
--> Money Transfer From Nigeria hoax (Money Transfer hoax)
--> Money Transfer hoax
--> My New Pics hoax
--> NASTYFRIEND99 (NastyFriend)
--> NATO Virus hoax
--> NCSA (Easter comics)
--> NastyFriend
--> National Banks
--> National Banks chain letter (National Banks)
--> NaughtyRobot hoax
--> Navy Shopper hoax
--> Necrotizing Fasciitis Banana Infection hoax (Infected Bananas hoax)
--> Neiman-Marcus Cookie chain letter
--> Netscape and AOL Merger hoax (Microsoft E-Mail Tracking System hoax)
--> New Pictures of Family hoax
--> New Wheels hoax (Honda hoax)
--> Newell Company chain letter
--> Night Kiss Greeting Card hoax
--> Nokia 3310 (Nokia cellphone radiation hoax)
--> Nokia cellphone radiation hoax
--> Nokia chain letter. (Win a Nokia hoax)
--> Old Navy chain letter
--> Open: Very Cool
--> Open:Very Cool hoax (Open: Very Cool)
--> PBR virus hoax
--> PK14 hoax
--> PKZ300
--> PKZIP300 (PKZ300)
--> Penpal Greetings
--> Penpal greetings
--> Perrin.exe hoax
--> Petroleum Trust Fund hoax
--> Phantom Menace virus hoax
--> Please Help Poor Dog (Poor Dog)
--> Pleeeeeeeese Read! message hoax (Lotus Notes virus hoax)
--> Poor Dog
--> Postal E-mail Charges hoax (Bill 602P hoax)
--> Procter & Gamble and the Church of Satan hoax
--> Procter & Gamble hoax (Procter & Gamble and the Church of Satan hoax)
--> Product Warning
--> R-440 (Matra)
--> RH Power chain letter
--> Red Alert
--> Returned (Unable to Deliver)
--> Riddle chain letter
--> SHEEP.EXE
--> SHEEP.EXE warnings (SHEEP.EXE)
--> SIZON.AVI hoax (It's Like That hoax)
--> Sally Jesse Raphael Show hoax (Procter & Gamble and the Church of Satan hoax)
--> Sandman
--> Sandman homepage warning (Sandman)
--> Sassy
--> Save Little Girl chain letter (Cancer chain letter)
--> Scmpoo (Sheep)
--> Sheep
--> South Park clip chain letter (Clip chain letter)
--> Spell-Check (Grammar Bug)
--> Taco Bell Dog hoax
--> Ten CDs hoax
--> The Millenium Riot hoax (AOL Riot 2 hoax)
--> Topanga
--> Touched By An Angel hoax
--> Turkey Mail
--> Turkey Mail warning (Turkey Mail)
--> Twister hoax
--> Unable to Deliver
--> Upgrade Internet2 hoax (Perrin.exe hoax)
--> Victoria's Secret Gift Certificate chain letter
--> Victoria's Secret chain letter (Victoria's Secret Gift Certificate chain letter)
--> Virtual Card for You hoax
--> Vote Against Hitler chain letter
--> WIN A HOLIDAY hoax
--> Warning Alert hoax
--> We Are Watching You hoax (All Seeing Eye Virus hoax)
--> What's Your Future hoax
--> Win a Nokia hoax
--> Wineyes (Eyes)
--> Wobbler virus hoax
--> Work Virus hoax
--> Y2K Computer Clock Bug Fix chain letter
--> YUKON3U.MP hoax
--> YUKON3U.mp
--> Yahoo Help Desk hoax (Yahoo! Service Systems Overload hoax)
--> Yahoo! Service Systems Overload hoax
--> Your Friend [email protected] hoax
--> Zlatko Virus hoax
--> anti-CDA (Meme)

Peki gelen bir virus uyarısının hoax olup olmadığını nasıl anlarız? İlk once gelen uyarıda bunu tum tanıdıklarınızı gondermenizi belirten bir mesaj varsa,bu buyuk ihtimalle bir hoaxdır.Cunku,bir antivirus firması ya da size bu tip bilgileri ulaştıran firmalar,size gonderdikleri mesajları başkasına iletmeniz icin uyarı yapmazlar. Hoax'ı anlamak icin başka bir yol ise,gonderilen mesajdaki anlatım tekniği,virus ile ilgili verilen bilgiler ve bilgiyi gonderenin kaynağı belirtmesidir.
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