Hoaxbusters, http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/

The U.S. Department of Energy, Computer Incident Advisory Capability maintains this website which debunks Internet hoaxes and bogus virus reports, urban myths, sympathy letters, chain letters, threats, scams, and other email oddities.

For information on authentic computer viruses, see the Symantec Antivirus Research Center's Online Encyclopedia, http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/vinfodb.html.