Sophos

The latest and most prevalent hoaxes

Sophos's website is one of the premier internet resources dealing with virus hoaxes and chain letters.

Below you can find listed the most recent updates to our hoax section, as well as a list of the top ten most commonly encountered hoaxes. The list of most prevalent virus hoaxes can be easily added to your own intranet or website.

Recently added hoaxes
11 Feb 2008 Reeirti
11 Feb 2008 Sector Zero
18 Jan 2008 Boycott petrol stations
8 Jan 2008 Holocaust ban
14 Dec 2007 Merry Christmas
12 Dec 2007 Visa and MasterCard telephone credit card scam
25 Sep 2007 Evan Trembley
23 Aug 2007 Life in the 1500s
20 Aug 2007 Bum_tnoo7 Facebook hacker
10 Aug 2007 To Kill an American
Most prevalent hoaxes
1 Hotmail hoax
2 A virtual card for you
3 Meninas da Playboy
4 Olympic torch
5 MSN is closing down
6 Bonsai kitten
7 Justice for Jamie
8 Budweiser frogs screensaver
9 Bill Gates fortune
10 Heart attacks and warm water

Hoaxes are also listed alphabetically and by type.

Please refer to the Glossary for descriptions of the terms used.