How to know if it the virus information you receive is itself a hoax

The next time you receive a message warning you of a new virus doing the rounds, go here and see if it is true www.vmyths.com.

Those emails are often hoaxes that just waste millions of people's time worldwide, masses of bandwidth and server space. So stop and think. Don't harm your reputation, waste your time and others' by sending them on. On the day I wrote this, there were over 50 hoax emails about viruses listed.