http://www.kumite.com/myths

Tell friends & colleagues about virus hoaxes the easy way

CVMhp website charter

1. Summary
   • This website seeks primarily to dispel computer virus myths, misconceptions, urban legends, and hoaxes.
   • This website seeks secondarily to improve the reader's knowledge of lesser-known, technically oriented, and/or controversial issues in the virus research field.
   • This website exists for information purposes.
2. Topics specifically beyond the scope of this website
   • This website does not offer a beginner's course on "what is a virus." (Surf here for good information.)
   • This website does not review specific antivirus products or services for functionality. (Caveat emptor.)
   • This website does not teach people how to use specific antivirus products or services. However, it will seek to dispel general misconceptions about them.
   • This website does not provide viruses for download. Nor does it teach how to create viruses. It does not provide source code to viruses -- not even for so-called "information purposes." (Surf here if you want to mess with actual viruses.)
3. Advertising
   • This website sells no products or services. It exists for information purposes.
   • Paid advertising
     • This website generates revenue via a sole sponsor who sells advertising.
     • This website will never accept paid advertisements for computer security products or services.
     • This website will never accept paid advertisements related to pornography.
   • Unpaid endorsements
     • The mention of (or hotlink to) any product, service, company, or individual does not in itself constitute an endorsement.
     • Gratis advertisements (e.g. branded URLs) qualifiy as an unpaid endorsement.
     • The recommendations page contains only unsolicited, unpaid endorsements.
       • The recommendations page will never include anything which would earn Rob Rosenberger money as a result (e.g. paid advertising, book royalties, quid pro quo, referral commissions).
       • All recommendations will include a "bias disclosure" explaining why it received an endorsement.
     • Branded URLs
       • This website offers a free "branded URL" to established web portals. Compare the default home page to this portal page for an example.
       • This website will never provide branded URLs to computer security companies.
       • This website retains full editorial control over branded URLs and provides them at the webmaster's sole arbitrary discretion.
4. Your data privacy
   • This domain uses no "cookies" to store or track information about a user's visit.
   • This domain doesn't require users to "register" themselves or participate in any surveys.
   • This domain maintains a daily activity log for every HTTP transaction.
     • The activity log records only the source IP, file requested, and request date/time. That's it. It doesn't even record the referring URL (although it may in the future).
     • This domain archives raw activity logs for posterity.
       • The webmaster uses raw logs to construct daily & monthly reports for most-requested pages and most prolific source IPs.
       • This domain provides raw logs to others only when forced (e.g. to document an attack).
5. Website philosophy
   • A concise discussion takes priority in an extremely complex issue. (Look for an "advanced topics" hotlink in such cases.)

Dilbert: I've been considering acupuncture as a way to relieve stress.
Dogbert: The theory here is that sticking large needles into your body will help you relax?
Dilbert: It sounds silly when you say it.
Dogbert: Sometimes sarcasm helps us think more clearly.