[Fwd: Fwd:Fw: re- URGENT -VIRUS WARNING -ACT NOW]

[Bill Reese]

This is a hoax.  Do not forward this email.  Tell the people who sent it
to you that it's a hoax and ask them to send that notice back up the
pipeline so others can stop their spreading of this hoax.  That file the
email asks you to delete is a valid Windows file.  Microsoft has a
response to the hoax here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q322993

I have never seen an email that says to delete files like this that has
not been a hoax.  Please research whenever you receive a notice like
this.  You could cause harm and unnecessary work for some people by
perpetuating the hoax.  It took me less than a minute to find the link
describing this as a hoax.  The minute you spend doing the same, can
save someone else an hour of work recovering from their mistake, if they
had followed through and deleted that file.  One bright note: the file
is used by Java programmers.  They will be sauvy enough to instantly
recognize this as a hoax and not follow through.

Bill


Maria Azzopardi wrote:

>Sorry for the inconvenience, but I actually found this file. So please
>check and if you have it delete it (without opening it ok). Instructions
>below.
>-m
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> Subject:
> Fwd:Fw: re- URGENT -VIRUS WARNING -ACT NOW
> From:
> "sanbastjan at inwind.it" <sanbastjan at inwind.it>
> Date:
> Mon, 27 Jan 2003 00:35:14 +0100
> To:
> "Maria Azzopardi" <maria.azzopardi at um.edu.mt>
>
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>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>From: "C.J.Falzon" <charles.j.falzon at um.edu.mt>
>Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003 17:41:51 +0100
>Subject: re- URGENT -VIRUS WARNING -ACT NOW
>
>A virus has been passed on to me by one of my contacts.  Since you are in
>my address book there is a chance you will find it in your computer too.
>I followed the directiosn below and eradicated the virus easily.  Sorry
>for the inconvenience.  The virus (called jdbgmgr.exe) is NOT detected by
>Norton or McAfee anti0virus systems.  I sits quietly for 14 days before
>damaging the system.  It is sent authomatically by messenger and by the
>address book, whether or not you sent e-mails to your contacts.  Here's
>how to check for the virus and how to get rid of it.
>
>
>You MUST DO THIS--I found the teddy bear virus in my C drive.
>1.  Go to Start, Find or Seaerch option.
>2.  In the file/folders option, the name: jdbgmgr.exe
>3.  Be sure you search your C: drive and all sub-folders and any other
>drives you may have.
>4.  Click the 'Find Now'
>5.  The Virus has a teddy bear icon with the name jdbgmgr.exe. DO NOT
>OPEN IT.....
>6.  Go to Edit  (on the menu bar), to highlight the file without opening it.
>7.  Now go to File (on the menu bar) and select delete.  It will then go
>to the Recycle Bin
>8.  Go to the Rececyle Bin and delete it there as well. IF YOU FIND THE
>VIRUS< YOU MUST CONTACT ALL THE PEOPLE IN YOUR ADDRESS BOOK, SO THAT THEY
>CAN ERADICATE IT FROM THEIR OWN ADDRESS BOOKS.
>
>To do this:
>a)  Open a new e-mail message
>b)  Click the icon of your personal address book
>c)Highlight every name and add to "BCC"
>d) Copy ghis message....enter subject........paste to e-mail....send
>Good Luck
>
>
>
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> A virus has been passed on to me by one of my contacts.  Since you are
> in my address book there is a chance you will find it in your computer
> too.  I followed the directiosn below and eradicated the virus
> easily.  Sorry for the inconvenience.  The virus (called jdbgmgr.exe)
> is NOT detected by Norton or McAfee anti0virus systems.  I sits
> quietly for 14 days before damaging the system.  It is sent
> authomatically by messenger and by the address book, whether or not
> you sent e-mails to your contacts.  Here's how to check for the virus
> and how to get rid of it.
>
>
> You MUST DO THIS--I found the teddy bear virus in my C drive.
> 1.  Go to Start, Find or Seaerch option.
> 2.  In the file/folders option, the name: jdbgmgr.exe
> 3.  Be sure you search your C: drive and all sub-folders and any other
> drives you may have.
> 4.  Click the 'Find Now'
> 5.  The Virus has a teddy bear icon with the name jdbgmgr.exe. DO NOT
> OPEN IT.....
> 6.  Go to Edit  (on the menu bar), to highlight the file without
> opening it.
> 7.  Now go to File (on the menu bar) and select delete.  It will then
> go to the Recycle Bin
> 8.  Go to the Rececyle Bin and delete it there as well. IF YOU FIND
> THE VIRUS< YOU MUST CONTACT ALL THE PEOPLE IN YOUR ADDRESS BOOK, SO
> THAT THEY CAN ERADICATE IT FROM THEIR OWN ADDRESS BOOKS.
>
> To do this:
> a)  Open a new e-mail message
> b)  Click the icon of your personal address book
> c)Highlight every name and add to "BCC"
> d) Copy ghis message....enter subject........paste to e-mail....send
> Good Luck


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