URBAN LEGENDS
DEFINE URBAN LEGENDS -A myth that has been passed on from past generations.
HOW URBAN LEGENDS PASS ON Word of mouth Chain letters Books and Newspaper Articles ’s and mass forwards Computer Viruses
MOST COMMON 5 Minute Rule – 100% Death of a Roommate – 100% The Hook – 46% Alligators in the Sewers – 54% Gerbilling – 40% The Spider Bite – 54% The Mrs. Fields Cookie Fiasco – 62%
Computer Viruses A Virtual Card for You virus A typical variation of the original Good Times hoax virus alert (see related link). It claims your computer will suffer a horrible death if you read "a virtual card for you" with your eyeballs. Fact: you just read "a virtual card for you" with your eyeballs, but your computer didn't self- destruct. Need we say more?