Hannes Bochtler: No WhatsApp-Virus, no Hacker, no danger
This kind of chain letters in WhatsApp is not a new one. Since 2013, the message appears again and again, always with a different name and modified Text. In March last a similar chain letter on the road, the front of a Ute teaching warned. The Text in the message reads as follows:
- "Tell me, please, all the people in your list, that you should not accept the contact with 'Hannes Bochtler'! This is a Virus (via WhatsApp, etc.), which destroys the entire hard disk and the data pulls, if it caught one of your contacts, you're also affected, because he eats through the list! So copy and send !!! If you call the number 017630664014, don't get that Yes! Is a Hacker and all your contacts will be affected! It was also confirmed by Antenne Bayern and RTL! Forward!"
- The Virus, before the message is warned, does not exist. The story is fictional, there is no danger. Messages of this type is referred to as a Hoax. The message was invented to unsettle WhatsApp-users and to make fun of.
- A Virus can not get through the Add contacts to the address book on your mobile phone. Be careful when you Download attachments or open Links.
- The chain letter you should ignore. Do not forward it, but to clarify Affected.
Hoax in Whats: Fake chain letters, recognize
The latest chain letter that warns of Hannes Bochtler, is not the first of this type, and will not be the last. But next Time, you can debunk a Hoax in the following points:
- Spelling: Usually some to be found in the "" chain letters, typographical errors, suggestive of a fake. Also, grammar and punctuation are mostly anything other than perfect.
- Forwarding: In a Hoax, you will be prompted at the end to forward the chain letters spread as far as possible. Here, you should be suspicious.
- Content: to Think with a cool head about the contents of a chain letter, it quickly becomes clear that it is a forgery. A Virus can, for example, be impossible to spread through a simple phone call.
- Google: Should you be not sure whether or not it is a Hoax or a real threat, type the key words into a search engine such as Google. So you will find out soon what's behind it.
For more Whatsapp chain letters in circulation
Also under other names in various chain letters were in the last few months, in the case of WhatsApp and Facebook in circulation. The for details, refer to the following articles to Read:
On the next page, we'll show you harmless WhatsApp-games and puzzles, the you to friends and acquaintances without hesitation can.
