Fw: VIRUS ALERT AND POSSIBLE INFECTION

[Victoria McKenna]

----- Original Message ----- From: Erma Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 5:37 PM Subject: VIRUS ALERT AND POSSIBLE INFECTION I JUST RECEIVED AN E MAIL FROM AN E BAY MEMBER THAT SAID THEY MAY HAVE INFECTED ME WITH A VIRUS. I CHECKED MY COMPUTER AND SURE ENOUGH THERE IT WAS. I WAS TOLD THAT IT WOULD ATTACH ITSELF TO MY E MAIL ADDRESSES AND SEND ITSELF TO THEM. SINCE YOU ARE ON MY COMPUTER I AM INFORMING YOU THAT YOU SHOULD CHECK AND MAKE SURE THIS VIRUS IS NOT ON YOUR SYSTEM. I HAVE INCLUDED THE INSTRUCTIONS OF REMOVAL. IT IS SIMPLE BUT MUST BE DONE. I WAS TOLD NORTON (AND THAT IS THE VIRUS PROGRAM I HAVE ON MY COMPUTER, WILL NOT DETECT THE VIRUS. INSTRUCTIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: 1. GO TO START, FIND OR SEARCH OPTIONS. 2. IN THE FILES/FOLDERS OPTIONS, WRITE THE NAME jdbgmgr.exe 3. BE SURE YOU SEARCH YOUR C DRIVE 4. CLICK "FIND NOW." 5. THE VIRUS HAS A TEDDY BEAR ICON WITH THE NAME jdbgmgr.exe DO NOT OPEN IT 6. RIGHT CLICK AND DELETE IT. IT WILL SAY IT IS A PROGRAM, BUT IT ISN'T. IT WILL GO TO THE RECYCLE BIN. 7. GO TO THE RECYCLE BIN AND DELETE IT THERE AS WELL. 8. 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. DO THIS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. SORRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Chip Old]

This is a hoax. DO NOT delete jdbgmgr.exe. It is a standard part of Windows. DO check out e-mailed virus warnings on a well-known anti-virus Web site before blasting them out to everyone in your address book. See http://www.bcpl.net/news/news.20020506a.jdbgmgr for details. On Fri, 17 May 2002, Victoria McKenna wrote to MG-TABC and a cast of thousands:

> ----- Original Message ----- > From: Erma > Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 5:37 PM > Subject: VIRUS ALERT AND POSSIBLE INFECTION > > > I JUST RECEIVED AN E MAIL FROM AN E BAY MEMBER THAT SAID THEY MAY HAVE > INFECTED ME WITH A VIRUS. I CHECKED MY COMPUTER AND SURE ENOUGH THERE > IT WAS. I WAS TOLD THAT IT WOULD ATTACH ITSELF TO MY E MAIL ADDRESSES > AND SEND ITSELF TO THEM. SINCE YOU ARE ON MY COMPUTER I AM INFORMING > YOU THAT YOU SHOULD CHECK AND MAKE SURE THIS VIRUS IS NOT ON YOUR > SYSTEM. I HAVE INCLUDED THE INSTRUCTIONS OF REMOVAL. IT IS SIMPLE BUT > MUST BE DONE. I WAS TOLD NORTON (AND THAT IS THE VIRUS PROGRAM I HAVE > ON MY COMPUTER, WILL NOT DETECT THE VIRUS. INSTRUCTIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: > > 1. GO TO START, FIND OR SEARCH OPTIONS. > 2. IN THE FILES/FOLDERS OPTIONS, WRITE THE NAME jdbgmgr.exe > > 3. BE SURE YOU SEARCH YOUR C DRIVE > 4. CLICK "FIND NOW." > 5. THE VIRUS HAS A TEDDY BEAR ICON WITH THE NAME jdbgmgr.exe > > DO NOT OPEN IT > > 6. RIGHT CLICK AND DELETE IT. IT WILL SAY IT IS A PROGRAM, BUT IT ISN'T. IT WILL GO TO THE RECYCLE BIN. > 7. GO TO THE RECYCLE BIN AND DELETE IT THERE AS WELL. > 8. 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. > > DO THIS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. > > SORRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > >

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