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By David Emery, About.com Guide to Urban Legends since 1997

Are Email Hoaxes Worse than Viruses?

Friday August 1, 2003
The damage they do is harder to quantify, but some security experts believe email hoaxes cause more harm to businesses than viruses. 'Hoax emails are a major headache for IT departments,' Sophos analyst Chris Belthoff told TechWeb last month. 'They're more insidious; they prey upon weaknesses of the end-user; they panic employees over non-existent viruses.' Read more...

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