Have you heard of www.snopes.com?
It is known as the official Urban Legends Reference Pages. This website discusses urban legends, Internet rumors, e-mail forwards, and other stories of uncertain or questionable origin. Snopes.com is the best-known resource for validating and debunking such stories in American popular culture.
For example: you might get an email asking you to send money to various causes, or someone tells you about a potential virus and you are not sure what to believe - go to www.snopes.com and check it out.
Here is an article of interest that a fellow e-connector sent to me about a questionable virus called the F1 Key Virus.
Claim: A form of malware can be activated by prompting Internet Explorer users to press the F1 key.
TRUE
Microsoft has issued a warning against a new virus that they do not yet have a patch for ... it is attached to Internet Explorer and the user will get a window prompt requesting them to press the F1 key. Doing this then causes malicious code to be run on your computer.
So ... DO NOT press F1 if you are prompted - no matter how many times. Evidently, it will pester you repeatedly. Either X out of the window or Explorer all together.
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