In this time of tragedy, information is one of the most important assets anyone can have.  Unfortunately, there are those who use these incidents to increase the damage done through false virus warnings, hoaxes, urban legends, and misinformation.  An example of this is the recent Klingerman Virus Hoax about opening gift packages in the mail contaminated with a disease.  This rumor is completely false, and is detailed at the Center for Disease Control Web Site.  

The staff of the Galvin Library is committed to making you aware of these hoaxes, and pointing you to good sources of information.  

Virus Related Hoaxes | Urban Legends and Email Hoaxes | Misinformation and Scams | Good News Sources

Please see the related sites:

• Government Sources on World Terrorism

• IIT's Response to the Attack on America

Virus related hoaxes

Virus Hoax Warnings Page (Data Fellows)
http://www.datafellows.com/news/hoax.htm

Symantec Virus Hoax Alerts
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/hoax.html

F-Secure Virus Hoax Warnings
http://www.europe.f-secure.com/virus-info/hoax/

McAfee Virus Hoaxes
http://vil.mcafee.com/hoax.asp

Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Center (CERT/CC) Current Activity
http://www.cert.org/current/current_activity.html

Current Virus Warnings from Moreover
http://w.moreover.com/viruswarning/

SANS Global Incident Analysis Center
http://www.sans.org/current.html

Stiller Research Virus Hoax News
http://www.stiller.com/hoaxes.htm

Urban Legends and Email Hoaxes

Center for Disease Control Current Health-Related Hoaxes and Rumors
http://www.cdc.gov/hoax_rumors.htm

Hoaxbusters (CIAC Team and U.S. Dept. of Energy)
http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org

C|Net News - Hoaxes
http://news.search.com/search/?qt=hoaxes

Trend Micro Hoax Encyclopedia
http://www.antivirus.com/vinfo/hoaxes/hoax.asp

Misinformation and Scams

American Red Cross Warns of Online Donation Scams (CNN)

Barry Glassner: Dealing with Fear and Rumor in the Wake of Terrorism (CNN)

Fraud Fears over Web Appeals (CNN)

Better Business Bureau

• Price Gouging

• After the Terroist Attacks

Identity Theft
http://www.consumer.gov/idtheft/

Internet Fraud Complaint Center
http://www1.ifccfbi.gov/index.asp

Internet ScamBusters
http://www.scambusters.org/

The Consumer Action Handbook 2001 Edition
http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/crh/respref.htm

Good News Sites

USA

ABC News | CBS MarketWatch | Christian Science Monitor | CNET.com | CNN.com | FOX News | IDG News | Jane's.com | Military.com | MSNBC | NPR | New York Post | New York Times | Reuters | Salon | SiliconValley.com | TIME.com | USA Today | Washington Post | Wired News | Yahoo! News | Yahoo! News Photos

International

Arabic News Online | Asahi Shimbun | BBC News | CBC.ca | CNN en Espanol | CNN Japan | Dagbladet.no | Dagens Nyheter | De Telegraaf | De Volkskrant | Diario de Noticias | Die Zeit | elmundo.es | El Pais.es | Guardian.co.uk | Ha' Aretz | India Times | International Herald Tribune | La Repubblica.it | Le Monde | Le Figaro | Pravda | Politiken.dk | Saunalahti.fi | SME Online | Sky News | Spiegel | Svenska Dagbladet

Other News Sites

Google Current Events
Google has created a page linking to many major news sources, as well as archived copies of news web sites from the day of the attacks

The Brookings Institution  http://www.brook.edu/

Attack on America
From GovSpot.com, a compilation of news links and contact information.

NewsPlace for News and Sources
A site from Northern Illinois University compiling news reports and information for journalists.

The Nation
A monthly national political magazine.

World Press Review
Links to international news stories on the attack are on the right side of the page.

Resource Navigator
This is a compilation of emergency contact information in New York and Washington and ways to help, compiled by the New York Times.

American Liberty Partnership
Six Internet companies (AOL, Microsoft, Amazon.com, Cisco Systems, eBay, and Yahoo!) have formed this partnership to support relief efforts and provide a single interface for individuals wanting to donate money online.