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Subject: Re: [PACE-L] THIS IS A HOAX!!!!! DO NOT FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONSSENT TO THIS LIST!!! Virus Warning!!!!
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 02:12:32 -0700
References: <LPBBKDODPJFIIDDCBINPEEJBMMAA.johndstone@earthlink.net>
In-Reply-To: <LPBBKDODPJFIIDDCBINPEEJBMMAA.johndstone@earthlink.net>
You Windows users are so cute!
>THIS VIRUS WARNING From Jack Pace [mailto:] IS A HOAX!!!!!
>
>See below! please read this entire message!
>
>DO NOT FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS SENT TO THIS LIST BY JACK PACE!!!
>
>*** THIS IS A HOAX ***
>
>FOLLOWING JACK PACE'S INSTRUCTIONS WILL ONLY GET YOU TO DELETE "R E A L"
>WINDOWS FILES!
>
>DO NOT DO THIS!
>
>THIS IS A HOAX!!! SEE BELOW:
>
>*********************************
>
>Virus name: JDBGMGR.EXE.
>Status: Hoax.
>
>Example: [Collected on the Internet, 2002]
>
>
>I got this message about a virus that can produce lot of dammage [sic] to
>your computer. If you follow the instructions which are very easy, you would
>be able to "clean" your computer.
>Apparently the virus spreads through the adresses book . I got it, then may
>be I passed it to you too, sorry.
>
>The name of the virus is jdbgmgr.exe and is transmitted automatically
>through the Messanger and addresses book of the OUTLOOK. The virus is
>neither detected by Norton nor by Mc Afee. It remains in lethargy
>("sleeping") for 14 days and even more, before it destroys the whole system.
>It can be eliminated during this period.
>
>The steps for the elimination of the virus are the following:
>
>1. go to START and click FIND
>
>2. in "FILES andFOLDERS" write: jdbgmgr.exe
>
>3. be sure that it searches in "C"
>
>4. click SEARCH NOW
>
>5. if the virus appears (with icon of a small bear) and the
>name"jdbgmgr.exe" . don't open it !!! in any case !!!
>
>6. click the right button of the mouse and destroy it
>
>7. emty the recyclage bin
>
>If you find the virus in your computer please send this mail to all the
>people in your addresses book .
>
>thanks.
>
>* * * * *
>
>
>Origins: Like the SULFNBK.EXE hoax, this bogus virus warning (also known
>as the "Bear Virus") attempts to lure gullible users into deleting perfectly
>innocuous, standard Windows files from their systems.
>
>In this case the target file is JDBGMGR.EXE, a Java Debug Manager program
>used by the Microsoft Java runtime engine. It is included as part of a
>standard Windows installation, is not a virus, and should not be deleted.
>JDBGMGR.EXE isn't a necessary part of the Windows operating system and will
>not cause the system to fail if it is accidentally deleted, although some
>Java applets may not function properly without it.
>
> (The icon for this file is a graphic of a bear like the one shown to the
>left.)
>
>Windows 2000 and Windows ME include a Windows File Protection (WFP) feature
>that will recover shared files such as JDBGMGR.EXE if they are overwritten
>or deleted. Users of other Windows operating systems can retrieve
>JDBGMGR.EXE by reinstalling the Microsoft Virtual Machine (VM) component.
>
>See the link below for more information on and recovery procedures for
>JDBGMGR.EXE.
>
>Additional information: Microsoft Debugger Registrar for Java
>(Jdbgmgr.exe) Is Not a Virus
>(Microsoft)
> Last updated: 26 May 2002
>
>
>The URL for this page is http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/jdbgmgr.htm
>Click here to e-mail this page to a friend
>Urban Legends Reference Pages © 1995-2002
>
>* * * * *
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jack Pace [mailto:]
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 8:23 PM
>> To:
>> Subject: [PACE-L] Virus Warning!!!!
>>
>>
>> I received word about a virus called jdbgmgr.exe . It can not be
>> detected by McAfee or Norton antivirus programs It sits idle for
>> 14 days before damaging the system. It is sent automatically by
>> messenger and by the address book, whether or not you send E-Mails.
>> To get rid of the virus:
>> 1- go to start, then find search
>> 2- In files/folders write the name jbdgmgr.exe
>> 3- Be sure to search your "C" drive
>> 4- click find or search.
>> 5- The virus has a teddy bear logo with the name jdgbmgr.exe-DO NOT OPEN.
>> 6 -Right click and delete it.
>> 7- then go to the recycle bin and delete it there also.
>> If you find the virus you must contact everyone in your address book.
> > Sorry about the inconvenience but I was simply an innocent
>> bystander who received it at random. . The persons receiving this
>> have been listed in my address book. Jack Pace.
>> Researching ancestors and descendants of John Pace of Middlesex
>> County Virginia.
>>
>>
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