Check this out:

http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/

This is one of my favorites:

Symantec Security

You can do a search for a specific hoax.

I prefer Snopes for general hoax checking; it has a much larger database and more thorough fact-checking than hoaxbusters.



McAfee is another place for virus hoax checking. Some of the hoaxes that are on there aren't on Symantec, and some of the ones that are on Semantec aren't on McAfee. One reason I often check McAfee is that so many virus hoaxes say something along the lines of "McAfee relased an alert" ... well... hop on over to the McAfee Alert Archive, notice that it's not there, and you can instantly debunk it.

Amen. I never forward anything without checking it first (usually at Snopes or Urban Legends, or even with the CDC, the FDA, the DoJ, where ever I must go) and if it is a hoax, I make it a point to e-mail the sender (usually my father or grandmother-in-law!) to inform them that they ought to stop passing on such bull.

Everytime my company hires someone new, I start getting chain letters, which are sent out to EVERYBODY on these peoples address books. We're talking 70+ branches across the US. That's a lot of people.

First I explain how to check the veracity of the garbage they just sent me, THEN I have a little "come to Jesus" chat with them about NOT bothering people, they don't know, with this kind of garbage. If the little chat doesn't do the trick, I email their boss and request they handle it personally (I warn the individual in advance; give them the opportunity to "get saved" LOL).