View Full Version : Virus Hoax Warning... Just in case you haven't heard...
tommy
04-04-2003, 05:41 PM
There is an email that has been going around the Triangle area lately, it's old, but it's resurging. The text of the email is as follows:
I found the little bear in my machine because of that I am sending this message in order for you to find it in your machine. The procedure is very simple:
The objective of this e-mail is to warn all Hotmail users about a new virus that is spreading by MSN Messenger. The name of this virus is jdbgmgr.exe and it is sent automatically by the Messenger and by the address book too. The virus is not detected by McAfee or Norton and it stays quiet for 14 days before damaging the system.
The virus can be cleaned before it deletes the files from your system. In order to eliminate it, it is just necessary to do the following steps:
1. Go to Start, click "Search"
2.- In the "Files or Folders option" write the name jdbgmgr.exe
3.- Be sure that you are searching in the drive "C"
4.- Click "find now"
5.- If the virus is there (it has a little bear-like icon with the name of jdbgmgr.exe DO NOT OPEN IT FOR ANY REASON
6.- Right click and delete it (it will go to the Recycle bin)
7.- Go to the recycle bin and delete it or empty the recycle bin.
IF YOU FIND THE VIRUS IN ALL OF YOUR SYSTEMS SEND THIS MESSAGE TO ALL OF YOUR CONTACTS LOCATED IN YOUR ADDRESS BOOK BEFORE IT CAN CAUSE ANY DAMAGE.
DO NOT delete this file; DO NOT forward it to others; it is a valid windows Java file.
Just letting you know if you haven't gotten it already.
tommy
04-04-2003, 05:41 PM
There is an email that has been going around the Triangle area lately, it's old, but it's resurging. The text of the email is as follows:
I found the little bear in my machine because of that I am sending this message in order for you to find it in your machine. The procedure is very simple:
The objective of this e-mail is to warn all Hotmail users about a new virus that is spreading by MSN Messenger. The name of this virus is jdbgmgr.exe and it is sent automatically by the Messenger and by the address book too. The virus is not detected by McAfee or Norton and it stays quiet for 14 days before damaging the system.
The virus can be cleaned before it deletes the files from your system. In order to eliminate it, it is just necessary to do the following steps:
1. Go to Start, click "Search"
2.- In the "Files or Folders option" write the name jdbgmgr.exe
3.- Be sure that you are searching in the drive "C"
4.- Click "find now"
5.- If the virus is there (it has a little bear-like icon with the name of jdbgmgr.exe DO NOT OPEN IT FOR ANY REASON
6.- Right click and delete it (it will go to the Recycle bin)
7.- Go to the recycle bin and delete it or empty the recycle bin.
IF YOU FIND THE VIRUS IN ALL OF YOUR SYSTEMS SEND THIS MESSAGE TO ALL OF YOUR CONTACTS LOCATED IN YOUR ADDRESS BOOK BEFORE IT CAN CAUSE ANY DAMAGE.
DO NOT delete this file; DO NOT forward it to others; it is a valid windows Java file.
Just letting you know if you haven't gotten it already.
tommy
04-04-2003, 05:41 PM
There is an email that has been going around the Triangle area lately, it's old, but it's resurging. The text of the email is as follows:
I found the little bear in my machine because of that I am sending this message in order for you to find it in your machine. The procedure is very simple:
The objective of this e-mail is to warn all Hotmail users about a new virus that is spreading by MSN Messenger. The name of this virus is jdbgmgr.exe and it is sent automatically by the Messenger and by the address book too. The virus is not detected by McAfee or Norton and it stays quiet for 14 days before damaging the system.
The virus can be cleaned before it deletes the files from your system. In order to eliminate it, it is just necessary to do the following steps:
1. Go to Start, click "Search"
2.- In the "Files or Folders option" write the name jdbgmgr.exe
3.- Be sure that you are searching in the drive "C"
4.- Click "find now"
5.- If the virus is there (it has a little bear-like icon with the name of jdbgmgr.exe DO NOT OPEN IT FOR ANY REASON
6.- Right click and delete it (it will go to the Recycle bin)
7.- Go to the recycle bin and delete it or empty the recycle bin.
IF YOU FIND THE VIRUS IN ALL OF YOUR SYSTEMS SEND THIS MESSAGE TO ALL OF YOUR CONTACTS LOCATED IN YOUR ADDRESS BOOK BEFORE IT CAN CAUSE ANY DAMAGE.
DO NOT delete this file; DO NOT forward it to others; it is a valid windows Java file.
Just letting you know if you haven't gotten it already.
Stormbringer
04-04-2003, 05:58 PM
Yep... www.snopes.com covers this:
http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/jdbgmgr.htm
Stormbringer
04-04-2003, 05:58 PM
Yep... www.snopes.com covers this:
http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/jdbgmgr.htm
Stormbringer
04-04-2003, 05:58 PM
Yep... www.snopes.com covers this:
http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/jdbgmgr.htm
perfectstorm
04-04-2003, 11:14 PM
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/jdbgmgr.exe.file.hoax.html
No worries. :) :)
perfectstorm
04-04-2003, 11:14 PM
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/jdbgmgr.exe.file.hoax.html
No worries. :) :)
perfectstorm
04-04-2003, 11:14 PM
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/jdbgmgr.exe.file.hoax.html
No worries. :) :)
MoBigRed
04-04-2003, 11:55 PM
What it all comes down to is this - be very cynical of your e-mail and think before opening any of it. Yeah, it can happen to anyone, but i've had 2 people very close to me get fooled by this e-mail. One of them had never even heard of the 'person' who made the recommendation. Ah, the consequences of blind trust.
MoBigRed
04-04-2003, 11:55 PM
What it all comes down to is this - be very cynical of your e-mail and think before opening any of it. Yeah, it can happen to anyone, but i've had 2 people very close to me get fooled by this e-mail. One of them had never even heard of the 'person' who made the recommendation. Ah, the consequences of blind trust.
MoBigRed
04-04-2003, 11:55 PM
What it all comes down to is this - be very cynical of your e-mail and think before opening any of it. Yeah, it can happen to anyone, but i've had 2 people very close to me get fooled by this e-mail. One of them had never even heard of the 'person' who made the recommendation. Ah, the consequences of blind trust.
Turbulence
04-05-2003, 12:12 AM
If you receive an email entitled "Badtimes," delete it
immediately. Do not open it. Apparently this one is pretty nasty.
It will not only erase everything on your hard drive, but it will
also delete anything on disks within 20 feet of your computer.
It demagnetizes the stripes on ALL of your credit cards.
It reprograms your ATM access code, screws up the tracking on
your VCR and uses subspace field harmonics to scratch any CD's
you attempt to play-- except Yanni CD's. With them it doubles
the volume.
It will automatically download kiddie porn to your hard drive and
then notify the authorities.
It will re-calibrate your refrigerator's coolness settings so all
your ice cream melts and your milk curdles.
It will program your phone auto dial to call only your
mother-in-law's number.
This virus will mix antifreeze into your fish tank.
It will drink all your good beer and replace it I.C. Light.
It will leave dirty socks on the coffee table when you are
expecting company.
It will talk nasty about your mother.
Its radioactive emissions will cause your toe jam and bellybutton
fuzz (be honest, you have some) to migrate behind your ears.
It will replace your shampoo with Nair and your Nair with
Rogaine, all while dating your current boy/girlfriend behind your
back and billing their hotel rendezvous to your Visa card-- the
only card stripe it didn't demagnetize.
It will cause you to run with scissors and throw things in a way
that is only fun until someone loses an eye.
It will give you Dutch Elm Disease and Tinea.
It will rewrite your backup files, changing all your active verbs
to passive tense and incorporating undetectable misspellings
which grossly change the interpretations of key sentences.
If the "Badtimes" message is opened in a Windows 95 environment,
it will leave the toilet seat up and leave your hair dryer
plugged in dangerously close to a full bathtub.
It will not only remove the forbidden tags from your mattresses
and pillows, but it will also refill your skim milk with whole
milk.
It will replace all your luncheon meat with beef tongue.
It will molecularly rearrange your cologne or perfume, causing it
to smell like dill pickles-- but, on the plus side, they're
kosher dills.
It is insidious and subtle. It is dangerous and terrifying to
behold. It is also a rather interesting shade of mauve.
These are just a few signs of infection. Beware.
Turbulence
04-05-2003, 12:12 AM
If you receive an email entitled "Badtimes," delete it
immediately. Do not open it. Apparently this one is pretty nasty.
It will not only erase everything on your hard drive, but it will
also delete anything on disks within 20 feet of your computer.
It demagnetizes the stripes on ALL of your credit cards.
It reprograms your ATM access code, screws up the tracking on
your VCR and uses subspace field harmonics to scratch any CD's
you attempt to play-- except Yanni CD's. With them it doubles
the volume.
It will automatically download kiddie porn to your hard drive and
then notify the authorities.
It will re-calibrate your refrigerator's coolness settings so all
your ice cream melts and your milk curdles.
It will program your phone auto dial to call only your
mother-in-law's number.
This virus will mix antifreeze into your fish tank.
It will drink all your good beer and replace it I.C. Light.
It will leave dirty socks on the coffee table when you are
expecting company.
It will talk nasty about your mother.
Its radioactive emissions will cause your toe jam and bellybutton
fuzz (be honest, you have some) to migrate behind your ears.
It will replace your shampoo with Nair and your Nair with
Rogaine, all while dating your current boy/girlfriend behind your
back and billing their hotel rendezvous to your Visa card-- the
only card stripe it didn't demagnetize.
It will cause you to run with scissors and throw things in a way
that is only fun until someone loses an eye.
It will give you Dutch Elm Disease and Tinea.
It will rewrite your backup files, changing all your active verbs
to passive tense and incorporating undetectable misspellings
which grossly change the interpretations of key sentences.
If the "Badtimes" message is opened in a Windows 95 environment,
it will leave the toilet seat up and leave your hair dryer
plugged in dangerously close to a full bathtub.
It will not only remove the forbidden tags from your mattresses
and pillows, but it will also refill your skim milk with whole
milk.
It will replace all your luncheon meat with beef tongue.
It will molecularly rearrange your cologne or perfume, causing it
to smell like dill pickles-- but, on the plus side, they're
kosher dills.
It is insidious and subtle. It is dangerous and terrifying to
behold. It is also a rather interesting shade of mauve.
These are just a few signs of infection. Beware.
Turbulence
04-05-2003, 12:12 AM
If you receive an email entitled "Badtimes," delete it
immediately. Do not open it. Apparently this one is pretty nasty.
It will not only erase everything on your hard drive, but it will
also delete anything on disks within 20 feet of your computer.
It demagnetizes the stripes on ALL of your credit cards.
It reprograms your ATM access code, screws up the tracking on
your VCR and uses subspace field harmonics to scratch any CD's
you attempt to play-- except Yanni CD's. With them it doubles
the volume.
It will automatically download kiddie porn to your hard drive and
then notify the authorities.
It will re-calibrate your refrigerator's coolness settings so all
your ice cream melts and your milk curdles.
It will program your phone auto dial to call only your
mother-in-law's number.
This virus will mix antifreeze into your fish tank.
It will drink all your good beer and replace it I.C. Light.
It will leave dirty socks on the coffee table when you are
expecting company.
It will talk nasty about your mother.
Its radioactive emissions will cause your toe jam and bellybutton
fuzz (be honest, you have some) to migrate behind your ears.
It will replace your shampoo with Nair and your Nair with
Rogaine, all while dating your current boy/girlfriend behind your
back and billing their hotel rendezvous to your Visa card-- the
only card stripe it didn't demagnetize.
It will cause you to run with scissors and throw things in a way
that is only fun until someone loses an eye.
It will give you Dutch Elm Disease and Tinea.
It will rewrite your backup files, changing all your active verbs
to passive tense and incorporating undetectable misspellings
which grossly change the interpretations of key sentences.
If the "Badtimes" message is opened in a Windows 95 environment,
it will leave the toilet seat up and leave your hair dryer
plugged in dangerously close to a full bathtub.
It will not only remove the forbidden tags from your mattresses
and pillows, but it will also refill your skim milk with whole
milk.
It will replace all your luncheon meat with beef tongue.
It will molecularly rearrange your cologne or perfume, causing it
to smell like dill pickles-- but, on the plus side, they're
kosher dills.
It is insidious and subtle. It is dangerous and terrifying to
behold. It is also a rather interesting shade of mauve.
These are just a few signs of infection. Beware.
MoBigRed
04-05-2003, 12:29 AM
These are just a few signs of infection. Beware.
:crazy:
MoBigRed
04-05-2003, 12:29 AM
These are just a few signs of infection. Beware.
:crazy:
MoBigRed
04-05-2003, 12:29 AM
These are just a few signs of infection. Beware.
:crazy:
It will drink all your good beer and replace it with I.C. Light.
This one must come from Pittsburgh... Ahh, good ol' Iron City beer...
It will drink all your good beer and replace it with I.C. Light.
This one must come from Pittsburgh... Ahh, good ol' Iron City beer...
It will drink all your good beer and replace it with I.C. Light.
This one must come from Pittsburgh... Ahh, good ol' Iron City beer...
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