(OT) - Virus Alert!
05-09-2002, 03:53 PM
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(OT) - Virus Alert!
This "virus" alert was just sent to us at work, so I imagine it's serious.
Ray Calvo
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Virus Alert #21 – JDBGMGR.EXE HOAX
A hoax email is being distributed on the Internet telling people they have a virus and to delete file JDBGMGR.EXE. This email is a Hoax and the message should be deleted.
This file, JDBGMGR.EXE, is valid and is the Microsoft Debugger Registrar for Java. The text of the hoax email message is as follows:
"We have just received a message from one of our contacts that our
address book had been infected by a virus (called jdbgmgr.exe) not
detected by Norton or McAfee antivirus systems. The virus stays quiet
for 14 days before damaging the system. It is sent automatically by the
messenger and by the address book, whether or not you sent e-mails to
your contacts. We checked, found and deleted it. Now it's your turn!
1. Go to Start, Find or Search option
2. In the files/folder option, write the name jdbgmgr.exe
3. Be sure you search in your C: drive
4. Click "find now"
5. The virus has a little bear icon with the name jdbgmgr.exe
DO NOT OPEN IT
6. Right click and delete it (it will then go to the Recycle Bin)
7. Go to the Recycle Bin and delete it there as well, or empty the bin.
IF YOU FIND THE VIRUS YOU MUST CONTACT ALL THE PEOPLE IN YOUR ADDRESS BOOK SO THEY CAN ERADICATE IT IN THEIR OWN ADDRESS BOOKS."
USERS SHOULD DELETE THIS HOAX EMAIL MESSAGE BUT NOT TO DELETE THE REFERENCED FILE. THIS IS A HOAX.
Ray Calvo
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Virus Alert #21 – JDBGMGR.EXE HOAX
A hoax email is being distributed on the Internet telling people they have a virus and to delete file JDBGMGR.EXE. This email is a Hoax and the message should be deleted.
This file, JDBGMGR.EXE, is valid and is the Microsoft Debugger Registrar for Java. The text of the hoax email message is as follows:
"We have just received a message from one of our contacts that our
address book had been infected by a virus (called jdbgmgr.exe) not
detected by Norton or McAfee antivirus systems. The virus stays quiet
for 14 days before damaging the system. It is sent automatically by the
messenger and by the address book, whether or not you sent e-mails to
your contacts. We checked, found and deleted it. Now it's your turn!
1. Go to Start, Find or Search option
2. In the files/folder option, write the name jdbgmgr.exe
3. Be sure you search in your C: drive
4. Click "find now"
5. The virus has a little bear icon with the name jdbgmgr.exe
DO NOT OPEN IT
6. Right click and delete it (it will then go to the Recycle Bin)
7. Go to the Recycle Bin and delete it there as well, or empty the bin.
IF YOU FIND THE VIRUS YOU MUST CONTACT ALL THE PEOPLE IN YOUR ADDRESS BOOK SO THEY CAN ERADICATE IT IN THEIR OWN ADDRESS BOOKS."
USERS SHOULD DELETE THIS HOAX EMAIL MESSAGE BUT NOT TO DELETE THE REFERENCED FILE. THIS IS A HOAX.
05-09-2002, 04:29 PM
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Uh... you did read this, right? It's just telling people to please stop forwarding this hoax warning around the internet. <img src="graemlins/roflmao.gif" border="0" alt="[hiha]" />
05-09-2002, 04:41 PM
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[quote]Originally posted by Robert Henriksen:
<strong>Uh... you did read this, right? It's just telling people to please stop forwarding this hoax warning around the internet. <img src="graemlins/roflmao.gif" border="0" alt="[hiha]" /> </strong><hr></blockquote>
Yes, isn't that why it's called a Hoax?
<strong>Uh... you did read this, right? It's just telling people to please stop forwarding this hoax warning around the internet. <img src="graemlins/roflmao.gif" border="0" alt="[hiha]" /> </strong><hr></blockquote>
Yes, isn't that why it's called a Hoax?
05-09-2002, 04:56 PM
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[quote]Originally posted by Viken:
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Yes, isn't that why it's called a Hoax?</strong><hr></blockquote>
Jokes - never apologize, never explain. Snoopy?
<img src="confused.gif" border="0">
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Yes, isn't that why it's called a Hoax?</strong><hr></blockquote>
Jokes - never apologize, never explain. Snoopy?
<img src="confused.gif" border="0">