I was just talking to a workmate and he mentioned that a certain piece of equipment would do a certain thing. He then made the comment that “at least that’s what everyone says”. Problem is, it’s not actually the case!
This got me thinking about those bits of information that “everyone knows” that are actually false. Like “the file MSORUN.DLL is a virus” that’s done the rounds over the years. I’m sure you all know of a few of these.
So, I was thinking, what do we call those pieces of “common knowledge” that are actually false? And, what do we call emails that pass this “information” on? They’re not viruses, they’re not really phishing, nor are they trojans.
Suggestions please. Sillier the better as usual.
