(18 quotes found)
“There are two re-entries fooling users this month. The Elf Bowling hoax, which has made a festive re-appearance, warns users that the game is infected with a virus and should be deleted immediately upon receipt. This hoax is essentially harmless, but serves as a reminder to companies that they should explain to employees the danger of distributing executable files. The game, while not a malicious threat, can divert employees from doing real work.”
Carole Theriault
“Though the Hotmail hoax is now in its 14th month at the top of the chart, it has fallen in volume by 20% from July - though this may be explained by the reduction in user activity, ... With London still recovering from last month's bombings, it is not surprising that the ICE virus hoax, which exploits a genuine 'In Case of Emergency' campaign, has risen several places in the chart.”
“I think it's premature at this point in time to call it a prank or a hoax.”
Carlos Alvarez
“a hoax about a hoax.”
Clifford Irving
“Distributed file systems are a cruel hoax.”
Zalman Stern
“A lot of our customers don't realize how vulnerable they are to this kind of hoax.”
Don Jones
“We found out it was a radio station, so we feel it was a big hoax from Denver.”
Tom Johnson
“It was a complete hoax.”
Ed Loyd
“The investigation was just a hoax. There never was any investigation. Under the auspices of an investigation, they were coming in to search and seize what they could find to build a case against me to force me out of business.”
Elizabeth Clark
“Fortunately it was a hoax and there was no damage other than inconvenience done, but we need to be better prepared.”
Senate Majority Leader Martin Looney
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