What are Some Computer Pranks?

What if you receive an email from a friend, a dangerous warning about a new virus, tell you how to prevent this amazing, and ask you to pass it? Most people want to find their friends, so happily pass the warning. This is a good move morally, not technically, because most of these emails are scams.

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What if you receive an email from a friend, a dangerous warning about a new virus, tell you how to prevent this amazing, and ask you to pass it? Most people want to find their friends, so happily pass the warning. This is a good move morally, not technically, because most of these emails are scams.

Chinese name

Virus prank

Foreign name

Hoaxvirus

nickname

mischief

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Is a false warning about a computer virus

Hoaxvirus, also known as hoax, is a false warning about computer viruses. Typically, this alert arrives in an email notification or is distributed through a notification within the company. These notifications are often used for forwarding, using distributed lists and they will typically advise the container to forward this notification to other distributed lists.

Viral pranks are just as ridiculous as they are in real life. They came from an email from a friend who knew he was helping you forward an email he thought was a virus warning. The email came in different forms, but usually included details about a spreading virus that would erase data on the hard drive or do something bad to people's computers. Of course, this is all fictitious, but the letters are written in a convincing way, urging recipients to send a warning to their friends. Ironically, reposting this prank is the key to success. This is exactly how it replicates.

For those who do nt know what to do, virus pranks are scary, because they think there is a dangerous, uncontrollable virus that is preparing to devour their computers. But this is not a real threat. It's also a big fool for those who know if they're a prank or accept them in a daily way. At best, it can cause the original sender to feel embarrassed when they are regarded as fools by angry, informed partners.

Mail messages usually look like this: "If you receive an email with the subject of winning the holiday-don't open it. It will delete everything on your hard drive."

This type of email chain letter is a plague for mail users because they waste time and cause unnecessary panic. The fact is that they are all pranks. But how can users be sure? You can know by applying a little knowledge and common sense. Here are some signs to distinguish email pranks.

They all cite technical officials, sometimes IBM, sometimes Microsoft or FBI. Sometimes the author claims that several paths have proven this threat.

The author also promises that the catastrophic virus will arrive in the form of e-mail and erase the data on the computer hard disk or do some other terrible damage.

They also encourage people who receive the email to alert the upcoming demons by forwarding the message to friends and spreading the message. This act leaked that it was a prank. This is also the reason why this email exists and its transmission mechanism. Sometimes the call for you to forward a message comes up more than once in a prank.

The best way to see if an email alert is a viral prank is to copy a word or two to Google.com or your favorite search engine and search. For example, the first line of the holiday virus prank says:

If you receive an email with the subject of winning the holiday-don't open it. It will delete everything on your hard drive.

"Violent cleaning downloader 32768" (Win32.TrojDownloader.VB.32768), this is a Trojan downloader program. It will download a rogue software to the user's system for installation and delete any exe files it can search, which may cause severe damage to the user's system.

"Endless Loop Prank 16384" (Win32.RiskWare.Shutdown.c.16384), this is a prank program. It will make the user's system restart continuously, cause data loss, and even cause hardware failure.

Kingsoft Anti-Virus Engineer Suggests

1. It is best to install professional anti-virus software for comprehensive monitoring to prevent increasing viruses. After installing anti-virus software, users should always turn on some main monitoring (such as mail monitoring, memory monitoring, etc.), upgrade frequently, and report problems if they encounter problems, so as to truly ensure the security of the computer.

2. As the number of users playing online games and using QQ chats gradually increases, various types of hacking Trojans will inevitably increase. It is recommended that users must develop good network usage habits, upgrade anti-virus software in a timely manner, turn on firewalls, and monitor in real time. Function, cut off the way the virus spreads, and do not give the virus a chance.