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903:Christensen, Brett M. (2008).
768:Gutierrez, Ralph (July 2001).
581:Comparison of computer viruses
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927:"Life is beautiful Hoax"
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1750:Character assassination
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858:"Budweiser Frogs Virus"
358:Brazil (first reported)
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1421:Burying of scholars
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687:"SULFNBK.EXE Virus"
662:"JDBGMGR.EXE Virus"
490:"Weird Al" Yankovic
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1853:National mythology
1823:Crowd manipulation
1712:Tabloid journalism
1581:Video manipulation
1526:Fictitious entries
1249:Civil disobedience
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1015:Ain't It Cool News
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770:"Antichrist Hoax"
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1984:Weasel words
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1677:Infotainment
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1541:Gaslighting
1319:Advertising
1294:Occupations
1184:Obfuscation
1174:Half-truths
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720:30 November
711:McAfee, Inc
533:Virus, the
483:gullibility
418:SULFNBK.EXE
333:Jdbgmgr.exe
247:Windows 3.0
237:during the
227:cyberweapon
216:John Gantz
147:August 2008
61:SULFNBK.EXE
2124:Categories
2065:Media bias
1921:Subversion
1886:False flag
1863:Techniques
1805:Propaganda
1765:Lawn signs
1745:Canvassing
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614:1 December
592:References
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434:Windows 98
179:Antichrist
164:Alias(es)
136:incomplete
119:Comparison
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1906:Political
1813:Bandwagon
1740:Attack ad
1619:Publicity
1591:Marketing
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1159:Deception
563:Slackware
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388:Christmas
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194:Microsoft
1974:Transfer
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1780:Negative
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1682:Managing
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1599:Branding
1551:Literary
1516:Fakelore
1509:websites
1499:Deepfake
1456:Internet
1347:Modeling
1304:Protests
1284:Internet
1217:Advocacy
1209:Activism
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741:(2009).
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667:8 August
570:See also
539:Mac OS 9
527:Albanian
477:Parodies
337:(bear.a)
239:Gulf War
101:F-Secure
59:and the
2053:Related
2032:Spaving
2017:Pricing
1959:Slogans
1901:Lawfare
1838:Framing
1818:Big lie
1609:Product
1604:Loyalty
1536:Forgery
1481:Hoaxing
1362:Slogans
1342:Mobiles
1234:Boycott
1142:Context
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576:Malware
559:Windows
551:Tuxissa
529:Virus,
471:malware
463:Windows
429:Unknown
426:Unknown
420:Warning
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372:Elfbowl
343:Unknown
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170:Author
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82:Action
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1999:Sales
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1662:Cycle
1576:Virus
1446:Films
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1332:False
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1289:Media
1222:group
1179:Media
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543:Amish
515:Irish
511:Amish
459:India
206:AF/91
161:Name
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