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Virus hoax

Quality:

Virus hoax - message warning the recipients of a non-existent computer virus threat. Article “Virus hoax” in English Wikipedia has 36.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 24 references and 8 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

In June 2025 the article “Virus hoax” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 2 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Virus hoax”, its content was written by 193 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 245 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 200 times in English Wikipedia and cited 318 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #17294 in July 2006
  • Global: #25200 in February 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #66790 in January 2009
  • Global: #95275 in August 2008

There are 7 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Virus hoax
36.8292
2Indonesian (id)
Berita bohong tentang virus komputer
24.5039
3Russian (ru)
Вирусный обман
24.0041
4Arabic (ar)
خدعة فيروس
10.0283
5Swedish (sv)
Falska virus
4.4797
6Persian (fa)
ویروس هوکس
2.4787
7Polish (pl)
Fałszywy alarm wirusowy
1.4587
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Virus hoax" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Virus hoax
973 697
2Polish (pl)
Fałszywy alarm wirusowy
41 379
3Swedish (sv)
Falska virus
32 183
4Arabic (ar)
خدعة فيروس
7 044
5Russian (ru)
Вирусный обман
6 648
6Persian (fa)
ویروس هوکس
172
7Indonesian (id)
Berita bohong tentang virus komputer
168
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Virus hoax" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Virus hoax
2 056
2Russian (ru)
Вирусный обман
102
3Arabic (ar)
خدعة فيروس
28
4Polish (pl)
Fałszywy alarm wirusowy
22
5Indonesian (id)
Berita bohong tentang virus komputer
15
6Swedish (sv)
Falska virus
9
7Persian (fa)
ویروس هوکس
3
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Virus hoax" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Virus hoax
193
2Swedish (sv)
Falska virus
23
3Polish (pl)
Fałszywy alarm wirusowy
13
4Arabic (ar)
خدعة فيروس
8
5Russian (ru)
Вирусный обман
4
6Persian (fa)
ویروس هوکس
2
7Indonesian (id)
Berita bohong tentang virus komputer
2
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2025

Language versions of the article "Virus hoax" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Virus hoax
1
2Polish (pl)
Fałszywy alarm wirusowy
1
3Arabic (ar)
خدعة فيروس
0
4Persian (fa)
ویروس هوکس
0
5Indonesian (id)
Berita bohong tentang virus komputer
0
6Russian (ru)
Вирусный обман
0
7Swedish (sv)
Falska virus
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Virus hoax" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Virus hoax
200
2Arabic (ar)
خدعة فيروس
103
3Swedish (sv)
Falska virus
8
4Polish (pl)
Fałszywy alarm wirusowy
4
5Indonesian (id)
Berita bohong tentang virus komputer
2
6Russian (ru)
Вирусный обман
1
7Persian (fa)
ویروس هوکس
0
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
خدعة فيروس
enEnglish
Virus hoax
faPersian
ویروس هوکس
idIndonesian
Berita bohong tentang virus komputer
plPolish
Fałszywy alarm wirusowy
ruRussian
Вирусный обман
svSwedish
Falska virus

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#66790
01.2009
Global:
#95275
08.2008

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#17294
07.2006
Global:
#25200
02.2002

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Virus hoax from Wikipedia articles about Computer virus, Hoax, Melissa, Chain letter and Phishing. Whereas reading the article about Virus hoax people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Jdbgmgr.exe virus hoax, SULFNBK.EXE, Antichrist, Timeline of computer viruses and worms and Melissa.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

News from 15 February 2026

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In English Wikipedia the most popular articles on that day were: Jeffrey Epstein, Wuthering Heights, Wuthering Heights (2026 film), 2026 Winter Olympics, Lucas Pinheiro Braathen, Ice hockey at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament, Epstein files, John F. Kennedy Jr., Anthony Kim, James Van Der Beek.

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