Remember the boy who cried wolf?
BCIS hears of dozens of new viruses every month. Most don’t pose much of a threat to our users, and we just make sure your antivirus software is up-to-date. (BC uses Inoculan, which puts a little green “heartbeat” symbol in the lower right corner of your screen. Put your mouse pointer over the symbol for two seconds and you should see the words “Monitor both incoming and outgoing files.” This means the program is doing its job.) Once in a while, though, a virus or worm like “LoveLetterForYou” sneaks in, and we send out a warning. If that warning is ignored because the user has seen too many frantic messages about imaginary viruses, someone may lose important files. Worse, these viruses spread FAST if you don’t get the word out. In the case of virus hoaxes, the message IS the virus. Think of these phony warnings as viruses which infect the user, not the computer. The people who wrote them are wasting your time, hoping that you’ll fall for the joke and pass it on to others. If you do, th
