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A Microsoft hoax may refer to: A technical support scam where a fraudulent caller impersonates Microsoft or Windows technical support The Microsoft acquisition
Microsoft_hoax
Bogus 1994 press release
The Microsoft acquisition hoax is a bogus 1994 press release suggesting that the information technology company Microsoft had acquired the Roman Catholic
Microsoft_acquisition_hoax
Widespread deliberate fabrication presented as truth
A hoax (pl.: hoaxes) is a widely publicised falsehood created to deceive its audience with false and often astonishing information, with the either malicious
Hoax
the Microsoft Bear was used as the icon for the SETDEBUG.EXE and JDBGMGR.EXE system files. The odd icon gave credibility to the jdbgmgr.exe virus hoax, which
List of Easter eggs in Microsoft products
List_of_Easter_eggs_in_Microsoft_products
Message warning of a non-existent computer virus
A computer virus hoax is a message warning the recipients of a non-existent computer virus threat. The message is usually a chain e-mail that tells the
Virus_hoax
Hoax aimed at Microsoft Windows users
some viruses at the time, such as Parrot, making the virus hoax more believable. Microsoft Bear was featured in several easter eggs within Windows 3.1
Jdbgmgr.exe_virus_hoax
Microsoft acquisition hoax, a 1994 hoax claiming that Microsoft had acquired the Roman Catholic Church. The hoax is considered to be the first hoax to
List_of_hoaxes
Internet hoax
The "Momo Challenge" was an internet hoax and urban legend that was rumoured to spread through social media and other outlets as a creepypasta. It was
Momo_Challenge_hoax
Fonts for dingbats
letters as a variety of symbols. They were originally developed in 1990 by Microsoft by combining glyphs from Lucida Icons, Arrows, and Stars licensed from
Wingdings
Internet meme and joke
the incident as actual news. The Times of India called the Ligma–Johnson hoax "perfectly-timed" and "one of the greatest pranks on the Internet." In a
Ligma_joke
Claims that the Apollo Moon landings were faked
all elements of the Apollo program and the associated Moon landings were hoaxes staged by NASA, possibly with the aid of other organizations. Such views
Moon landing conspiracy theories
Moon_landing_conspiracy_theories
Cancelled portable toilet project by Microsoft
being declared a hoax by Microsoft on May 12. On May 13, another Microsoft press release stated that although the project had not been a hoax, it had been
ILoo
Chatterbot mobile game created by Outfit7
on Microsoft Store". Microsoft. Archived from the original on 31 January 2023. Retrieved 26 September 2021. "'Talking Angela' programmer talks hoaxes, AI
Talking_Angela
Debunked study created by Canadian company AptiQuant
users of Microsoft's Internet Explorer had lower IQs than users of other browsers was widely covered in the media, and its revelation as a hoax was widely
Intelligence Quotient (IQ) and Browser Usage
Intelligence_Quotient_(IQ)_and_Browser_Usage
YouTube. Eaton, Nick (September 22, 2011). "Hackers target Microsoft Xbox enforcers with hoax police emergencies". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Hearst Seattle
Eric_Neustadter
Forensic software
Online Forensic Evidence Extractor (COFEE) is a tool kit, developed by Microsoft, to help computer forensic investigators extract evidence from a Windows
Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor
Computer_Online_Forensic_Evidence_Extractor
Creating a website, as a hoax, with the intention of misleading readers
supposedly from Mattel, drew headlines. It was a hoax. - CBS News". 2023-08-02. Retrieved 2024-11-26. Barbie Hoax Targets Mattel and Fools Some News Outlets
Website_spoofing
Virus hoaxes
"Antichrist", or Anticristo, was a Spanish-language computer virus hoax distributed via email in 2001. The email was detected by Symantec, who is the owner
Antichrist_(virus_hoax)
Video editing software for Windows
discontinued by Microsoft on January 10, 2017, and it was replaced by Video Editor (formerly Microsoft Story Remix) which was built in with Microsoft Photos on
Windows_Movie_Maker
From 2000 to 2019, Google frequently inserted jokes and hoaxes into its products on April Fools' Day, which takes place on April 1. The company ceased
List of Google April Fools' Day jokes
List_of_Google_April_Fools'_Day_jokes
Britannica or Collier's or even in the now-defunct Microsoft Encarta encyclopedia ... the majority of hoaxes on Wikipedia could never have appeared in the
Reliability_of_Wikipedia
investigations, frequently referring to them as the "Russia hoax" or "Russian collusion hoax". Prior to its demise in 1991, the government of the Soviet
Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections
Russian_interference_in_the_2016_United_States_elections
Low-quality AI-generated digital content
their music was an "art hoax" generated using the AI tool Suno. However, Frelon later stated that his statement was itself a hoax and that he had no connection
AI_slop
Type of fraud and confidence trick
target a variety of people, though research by Microsoft suggests that millennials (defined by Microsoft as age 24–37) and people part of generation Z
Technical_support_scam
Early 2000s e-mail hoax
component became famous in the early 2000s as the subject of an e-mail hoax. The hoax claimed that SULFNBK.EXE was a virus, and contained instructions to
SULFNBK.EXE
American businessman and philanthropist (born 1955)
he co-founded the software company Microsoft in 1975 with his childhood friend Paul Allen. Following Microsoft's initial public offering in 1986 and
Bill_Gates
Internet hoax
The Goodtimes virus, also styled as Good Times virus, was a computer virus hoax that spread during the early years of the Internet's popularity. Warnings
Goodtimes_virus
Largest and most influential technology companies in the world
commonly refers to the five dominant firms in the U.S. technology industry—Microsoft, Apple, Alphabet (Google), Amazon, and Meta (Facebook)—which are also
Big_Tech
Windows NT operating system component
line programs with the permissions of that user. There are numerous virus hoaxes that claim that csrss.exe is malware and should be removed to prevent damage
Client/Server Runtime Subsystem
Client/Server_Runtime_Subsystem
Malware deployment method
Trojan horse (computing) Virus hoax "Think before you Click(Fix): Analyzing the ClickFix social engineering technique". Microsoft Security Blog. Fadilpašić
ClickFix
Fanmade fictional creatures based on Pokémon
designs have been created purely as fan art, others are made specifically as hoaxes to fool fans into believing they will appear in future series titles, or
Fakemon
Tactic used to influence opinion
the 1990s, the term became most often associated with Microsoft. It has been said that Microsoft took the concept from IBM and used it as a primary tool
Fear,_uncertainty,_and_doubt
Anti-vaccine and COVID-19 denial conspiracy theorists
he had been posting videos on social media claiming that COVID-19 was a hoax being spread by elites to control society. In 2023, Adil was struck from
World_Doctors_Alliance
Website that deliberately publishes hoaxes and disinformation
websites (also referred to as hoax news websites) are websites on the Internet that deliberately publish fake news—hoaxes, propaganda, and disinformation
Fake_news_website
Information mispresented as real
misleading information (misinformation, disinformation, propaganda, and hoaxes) claiming the aesthetics and legitimacy of news. Fake news often has the
Fake_news
Free online crowdsourced encyclopedia
Halfaker, Aaron (November 2018). Lampe, Cliff (ed.). "With Few Eyes, All Hoaxes are Deep". Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction. 2 (CSCW)
Wikipedia
Bug in Microsoft Windows
"Bush hid the facts" is a common name for a bug present in Microsoft Windows which causes text encoded in ASCII to be interpreted as if it were UTF-16LE
Bush_hid_the_facts
AI that generates content
Generative AI applications include chatbots such as ChatGPT, Claude, Microsoft Copilot, DeepSeek, Doubao, Google Gemini, Grok, Kimi and Qwen; text-to-image
Generative_AI
Rape and murder case in the Indian-administered territory of Jammu and Kashmir
vaginal swab". "Justice Jan assures fair probe". Greaterkashmir.com. "Microsoft Word - Remedial measures Ref._iv_.doc" (PDF). www.hindu.com. Archived
2009 Shopian rape and murder hoax
2009_Shopian_rape_and_murder_hoax
Denial of the scientific consensus on climate change
threatening phenomenon, is at best an exaggeration and at worst an utter 'hoax'". In 2014, more than 55% of congressional Republicans were reported to be
Climate_change_denial
Showing Fewer Hoaxes". Facebook. January 20, 2015. Retrieved January 25, 2015. Constine, Josh (January 20, 2015). "Facebook Banishes Hoaxes From The News
History_of_Facebook
Computer program that modifies other programs to replicate itself and spread
the scripting languages for Microsoft programs such as Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel and spread throughout Microsoft Office by infecting documents
Computer_virus
a hoax study that claimed to have correlated the IQs of 100,000 internet users with which web browsers they used, claiming that users of Microsoft's Internet
List_of_Google_Easter_eggs
1928 disappearance of a nine-year-old boy in California
2008). "THE OTHER SON". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 7, 2025. "Hoax Discussed in Collins Suit: Hutchens Boy's Deception Subject of Argument Witnesses
Disappearance of Walter Collins
Disappearance_of_Walter_Collins
American tabloid publication
proving the existence of dragons, although this was later proven to be a hoax. It also quoted Vatican exorcist Father Gabriele Amorth on Pope John Paul
Weekly_World_News
Users could also report spam from desktop email applications such as Microsoft Office Outlook, Outlook Express and Mozilla Thunderbird. Users who downloaded
Blue_Frog
American actress and model (born 1979)
of the Lifetime film Hoax: The Kidnapping of Sherri Papini. The film is based on the case of the Sherri Papini kidnapping hoax, in which Sherri Papini
Jaime_King
2008 computer worm
Koobface is a network worm that attacks Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux platforms. This worm originally targeted users of networking websites such
Koobface
Russian propagandist group
various topics. Researchers at Microsoft use the prefix 'Storm' and a four-digit number to name emerging threat groups. Microsoft describes Storm-1516 as an
Storm-1516
Type of confidence trick fraud
to Be Wary of Puppy Scams". Retrieved 29 May 2007. Weisbaum, Herb. "Hound hoax: Con artists target dog lovers". NBC News. Archived from the original on
Advance-fee_scam
Use of computers to defraud
insufficiencies of existing laws. Types of computer fraud include: Distributing hoax emails Accessing unauthorized computers Engaging in data mining via spyware
Computer_fraud
2025 US federal law
been saying this is a hoax. He's been saying that for months. Well, he's just now decided to investigate a hoax, if it's a hoax ... I have another concern
Epstein Files Transparency Act
Epstein_Files_Transparency_Act
Social media platform owned by Meta
major moderation changes in order to decrease the flow of disinformation, hoaxes and fake news regarding COVID-19 on its platform, "We'll remove COVID-19
Deliberately incorrect entry in a reference work
Substantial similarity § Striking similarity List of hoaxes Sting operation Lexicographic error List of hoaxes on Wikipedia "Nihilartikel". World Wide Words
Fictitious_entry
False or misleading virus information
by the Pirbright Institute in England and by former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates. In mid-2020, a hoax spread on social media claiming that World Bank documents
COVID-19_misinformation
American game show host and comedian
late 2004, Gray went on to become the co-host of NBC's $25 Million Dollar Hoax. He hosted ESPN's reality sports competition I'd Do Anything. Beginning in
George Gray (television personality)
George_Gray_(television_personality)
Text editor for Microsoft Windows
Juraj Šimlovič pulled an April Fools' hoax on the official web-page of the project. He claimed that Microsoft was going to acquire all TED Notepad sources
TED_Notepad
war crimes, and genocide. In 2025, technology giants Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft, and IBM were named as "central to Israel's surveillance apparatus and
List of companies involved in the Gaza war
List_of_companies_involved_in_the_Gaza_war
Artificial intelligence division of Meta Platforms
Zuckerberg, including one person who, believing a message they received to be a hoax, did not respond for several days. On June 30, Zuckerberg announced that
Meta_Superintelligence_Labs
Website providing torrent files and magnet links
it had moved its servers to North Korea. The incident turned out to be a hoax. In April 2013, within a week The Pirate Bay had moved its servers from Greenland
The_Pirate_Bay
British commercial publishing group
consulting the editorial board. In 2017 as part of the Grievance studies affair hoax articles, the T&F journal Cogent Social Sciences accepted one of "The conceptual
Taylor_&_Francis
Type of website edited collaboratively
wikis, where content is changed to something deliberately incorrect or a hoax, offensive material or nonsense is added, or content is maliciously removed
Wiki
American social networking service
some campaigns are innocuous, others have promoted conspiracy theories or hoaxes, or sought to amplify extremist messages. Some featured trends are globally
X_(social_network)
American animated drama television series
Senator Scharff (season 2), a member of the U.S. Senate who considers UIs a hoax. Thomasin McKenzie as MIST (season 2), an advanced C.I. made by Caspian from
Pantheon_(TV_series)
Website of the Daily Mail
NewsGuard's feature which is designed to fight what it describes as fake news. Microsoft Edge warned users against trusting content at the site, asserting that
MailOnline
Realistic artificially generated media
abuse material, celebrity pornographic videos, revenge porn, fake news, hoaxes, bullying, and financial fraud. Academics have raised concerns about the
Deepfake
American multinational fast food corporation
Cheetah Cola wars List of assets owned by PepsiCo Pepsi Globe Pepsi needle hoax Pepsi Number Fever Pepsi P1 Pepsi Spire Pepsi Stuff Leonard v. Pepsico, Inc
Yum!_Brands
Scientific projections regarding the far future
Misconceptions and Misuses Revealed, from Astrology to the Moon Landing "Hoax". John Wiley and Sons. pp. 55–56. ISBN 978-0-471-40976-2. Mowat, Laura (14
Timeline_of_the_far_future
Use of AI by the Israel Defense Forces in the Gaza war
AI systems will make mistakes." Microsoft was criticized by activists and its own employees for providing Microsoft Azure computing services to Unit
AI-assisted targeting in the Gaza Strip
AI-assisted_targeting_in_the_Gaza_Strip
American online politics and culture magazine
in the United States. It was created in 1996 by Michael Kinsley with Microsoft's backing. In 2004, it was purchased by The Washington Post Company (later
Slate_(magazine)
CoreCivic GEO Group Technology sector Cellebrite Clearview AI Flock Safety Microsoft NEC Mobile Fortify Palantir Technologies ELITE Paragon Solutions Spotify
Deportations of U.S. citizens in the second Trump administration
Deportations_of_U.S._citizens_in_the_second_Trump_administration
Furry-centric art website
Anthropomorphics MU Press Radio Comix Miscellaneous Bad Dragon Litter boxes in schools hoax 2014 Midwest FurFest gas attack SiegedSec Stay Up Late Related Anthrozoology
Fur_Affinity
2009 puzzle video game
update released on February 11, 2010, added a new episode called "Mighty Hoax", containing two new chapters with 21 levels each. Updates released on April
Angry_Birds_(video_game)
Website presenting fictional crime stories
was one of the earliest examples of an Alternate reality game, internet hoax, or superfiction. Early on it received some criticism from viewers who, after
Crime_Scene_(website)
Digital video game distribution platform
On 22 September 2010, GOG.com revealed that this shutdown was a marketing hoax as part of the site coming out of beta. The site's management, aware of the
GOG.com
American streamer and YouTuber (born 1990)
Katzowitz, Josh (July 23, 2018). "Fortnite star Ninja at the center of a death hoax involving a fake disease called Ligma". The Daily Dot. Archived from the
Ninja_(gamer)
Food delivery service
original on 2026-01-02. Retrieved 2026-01-15. "Debunking the AI food delivery hoax that fooled Reddit". Platformer. 2026-01-06. Retrieved 2026-01-15. "I am
Uber_Eats
2013 video game
the eighth installment in the series overall. Arma 3 was released for Microsoft Windows on September 12, 2013, and for macOS and Linux on August 31, 2015
Arma_3
Wikipedia. The incident dates back to May 2005, with the anonymous posting of a hoax Wikipedia article containing false and negative allegations about John Seigenthaler
List of Wikipedia controversies
List_of_Wikipedia_controversies
Ongoing genocide in the Gaza Strip
Wells Fargo. In June 2025, a UN expert's report named Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft, and IBM as "central to Israel's surveillance apparatus and the ongoing
Gaza_genocide
Gambler, gunfighter, and dentist in the American West (1851–1887)
Allen Barra wrote that the book "is now recognized by Earp researchers as a hoax". A variant of the story, popularized in the movie Tombstone, holds that
Doc_Holliday
1997 video game
to the Arkanoid, where it is now the 14th stardawn. The planet was only a hoax created by DOH. The same ending occurs after defeating the boss on round
Arkanoid:_Doh_It_Again
Alternate storytelling in media
a planned series of Microsoft computer games based on the film, Microsoft's Creative Director Jordan Weisman and another Microsoft game designer, Elan
Alternate_reality_game
Image-generating machine learning model
wearing a white puffer coat, the fictional arrest of Donald Trump, and a hoax of an attack on the Pentagon, as well as the usage in professional creative
Midjourney
Satire website
BBspot is most notable for its technology news satire. The most successful hoaxes by BBspot include an article about premium accounts on Twitter and claims
BBspot
Browser plugin that rates the credibility of news and information websites
for the extension include Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Firefox, and Safari. It is free of charge for Microsoft Edge users. NewsGuard contracts with the
NewsGuard
web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) Rodgers, Bethany. "Hoax bomb threats sent to at least 32 Pa. counties on Election Day, police say"
Russian interference in the 2024 United States elections
Russian_interference_in_the_2024_United_States_elections
Fake computer virus envisioned as an April Fools' Day joke in 1991
virus hoax surrounding a computer virus purportedly created by the United States Intelligence Community as a cyberweapon during the Gulf War. The hoax originated
AF/91
2020 video game
1177/15554120231168745. Walker, Ian (July 27, 2021). "Nasty YouTube Death Threat Hoax Has A Happy Ending". Kotaku. G/O Media. Archived from the original on July
The_Last_of_Us_Part_II
September 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2013. "Jamie Shotton at Microsoft Research". Microsoft Research. Archived from the original on 3 February 2016. Retrieved
Timeline of artificial intelligence
Timeline_of_artificial_intelligence
US based child abduction emergency alert system
two instances where the child was with grandparents), or as the result of hoaxes. Another 23 alerts were issued in cases where police did not know the name
Amber_alert
American attorney and magazine publisher (1960–1999)
a series of online chats with the 2000 presidential candidates, with Microsoft providing the technology and funding in exchange for advertising in George
John_F._Kennedy_Jr.
Chinese government online influence operation
pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses to stoke outrage, according to Microsoft. In May 2024, OpenAI removed accounts used by Spamouflage in influence
Spamouflage
2025 detention by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE)
CoreCivic GEO Group Technology sector Cellebrite Clearview AI Flock Safety Microsoft NEC Mobile Fortify Palantir Technologies ELITE Paragon Solutions Spotify
Detention_of_Mahmoud_Khalil
Fraud pretending to be a lottery
employers and/or the police. "How to identify and avoid hoax or fraudulent e-mail scams," Microsoft Archived January 18, 2008, at the Wayback Machine "FBI
Lottery_scam
David (October 5, 2024). "After the deluge, the lies: Misinformation and hoaxes about Helene cloud the recovery". Associated Press. Archived from the original
Chinese interference in the 2024 United States elections
Chinese_interference_in_the_2024_United_States_elections
Software to protect against malicious software
Timeline of computer viruses and worms Virus hoax Parental controls "What is antivirus software?". Microsoft. Archived from the original on April 11, 2011
Antivirus_software
American cable network
Arlington, Massachusetts) and Sean Stevens were facing charges of placing a hoax device to incite panic, as well as one count of disorderly conduct, according
Adult_Swim
Israeli government cloud computing project
Will Remain Here'". Haaretz. Retrieved September 7, 2022. Ziv, Amitai. "Microsoft to Launch Much Awaited Cloud Server Farm in Israel in 2021". Haaretz.
Project_Nimbus
American government official and television personality (born 1980)
an official co-host in January 2017. According to a Fox News executive in Hoax (2020), Jennifer Rauchet, a producer of Fox & Friends Weekend who later married
Pete_Hegseth
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