25 October 2008, 10:02 PM
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Location: Norfolk, VA
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Information Week: Seven Fantastic Internet Hoaxes
From: http://www.informationweek.com/news/...wArticle.jhtml
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Another notable virus hoax was Irina, which was actually a publicity stunt by a British publishing house that was trying to generate buzz for an interactive book on computer viruses. Instead, it created an international furor -- and warnings about Irina are still circulating today. The investigative Web site Snopes.com called this act "completely irresponsible."
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