Top 5 virus hoaxes and pranks

Viruses are no laughing matter, but some of the hoaxes and pranks are meant for a giggle. So here’s the top 5 hoaxes and pranks.
1. Good Times - User are warned that opening an email with Good Times in the subject line would erase their hard drive, destroy their processor, demagnetize any nearby electronics and kill their dogs. It made its first debut around the early age of the internet around 1994.
2. 48 Hours - This is a relatively recent hoax claimed that hovering your mouse cursor over the infected email was enough to activate it, wiping out not just your hard drive but also your BIOS too.
3. Life is Beautiful - Emails circulated warning of a powerpoint presentation called Life is Beautiful that if clicked would erase your hard drive and give the sender your username, email and password.
4. Honor System - This email contained no payload, instead asking recipients to manually delete all files on their hard drives and to forward the message to everyone in their contact lists. Participation of course was completely voluntary. The best hoax that made me laughing :D
5. Lion’s Den - Aptly named, Lion’s Den originated from a porn site, looking to draw hits. The email warned of a new deadly virus, providing a link for more information. Instead recipients got an eyeful.