A nurse is checking the nurse's e-mail and finds the following: "If you have a file named 'workline' on your computer, delete it immediately. The file contains a virus that will be released in 5 days and destroy your hard drive." The e-mail goes on to describe how to delete the file. The nurse interprets this as:
A) A damaging hoax.
B) An urban legend.
C) A Trojan horse.
D) Spyware.

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This email describes a typical hoax scenario, where recipients are falsely alarmed about a non-existent virus in a file named 'workline' and instructed to delete it. Such hoaxes often cause unnecessary panic and can lead to the deletion of important files or adherence to unnecessary procedures, but they do not directly harm systems like actual malware would.

A Nurse Is Checking the Nurse's E-Mail and Finds the Following