Ever gotten an email warning of a malicious virus hidden in an email? Or how about a kidney theft ring? Maybe Bill Gates is giving you $1000? Or some poor child needs you to send an email to the Cancer Society so it can donate 5 cents to help this child get better?
Welcome to my hell. Some unsuspecting friend always sends me a forward with a variation of any of the above emails. No matter how much I tell them it's not true, they keep coming. You'd think that peopel would notice that practically all the warnings look almost EXACTLY alike, with only a few details changed. So I decided to write this, to help educate whomever is willing to read it about these email/virus HOAXES. Below are some guidelines or examples, or at the very least a clarification as to how viruses work and how impossible many things suggested in emails REALLY is. Oh, and a few websites for kicks.[NEXT]