Re: paleonet Re: Virus alert HOAX!

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I'm not one yet, actually. I'm still in college. Got a LONG road ahead 
before I reach my goal.

No problem on the advice front. I've seen too many people hose their Windows 
installs over hoaxes like this. It's sad to think the people who start these 
things think of them as "jokes."

-Becky Fish
aka Cygnata




From: "John V Jackson" <jjackson@interalpha.co.uk>
Reply-To: paleonet@nhm.ac.uk
To: <paleonet@nhm.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: paleonet Re: Virus alert HOAX!
Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2002 21:42:13 -0000

Thank you for your good advice Becky.

Nice to find a vertebratist on this list, and an ornithologist to boot.
Presumably you mainly deal with Cenozoic stuff, but have you discovered
anything interesting recently about earlier birds?

I now suspect the abdominal air sac was the first to be used in breathig.

Cheers,

JJ



-----Original Message-----
From: Rebecca Fish <cygnata@hotmail.com>
To: paleonet@nhm.ac.uk <paleonet@nhm.ac.uk>
Date: Saturday, December 21, 2002 11:59 PM
Subject: Re: paleonet Re: Virus alert HOAX!


 >The virus warning that has been circulating on this list is nothing more
 >than a hoax. If you go to the link pasted below, you will see that the
 >indicated file is usually installed with Windows. It is nothing more than
 >your Java debugger. DO NOT DELETE THIS FILE.
 >
 >http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/jdbgmgr.exe.file.hoax.html
 >
 >As a precatoin, whenever you receive a virus warning, especially if McAfee
 >and/or Norton are said not to detect it, please check on google of the 
site
 >in the link above. Many hoaxes are out there that try to convince people 
to
 >delete nessecary system files on their computers.
 >
 >I would suggest, if you have already sent out that email, please send a
 >retraction. It'll save a lot of people from possibly ruining their Windows
 >installation.
 >
 >Thank you
 >
 >-BecKy Fish
 >former UPS technical support, now paleornithology student
 >
 >From: "John V Jackson" <jjackson@interalpha.co.uk>
 >Reply-To: paleonet@nhm.ac.uk
 >To: <PaleoNet@nhm.ac.uk>
 >Subject: paleonet Re: Virus alert
 >Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2002 15:04:32 -0000
 >
 >Thanks for the warning Vicky - unfortunately I found the jdbgmgr.exe teddy
 >in my C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM folder.
 >
 >I deleted it, but the deletion instructions below could not be followed
 >since everything in that rather important folder would have been deleted
 >too.  The file was dated 6th Nov 1997.
 >
 >I hope the broadcast to all the 400+ entries in my address book works.
 >
 >I don't know what damage the file is supposed to do but I seem to be ok
 >today 21/12/02.
 >
 >As merry as possible,
 >
 >John
 >
 >
 >-----Original Message-----
 >From: S. V. A
 >To: "Undisclosed-Recipient:;"@mistral.co.uk
 ><"Undisclosed-Recipient:;"@mistral.co.uk>
 >Date: Friday, December 20, 2002 02:20 PM
 >Subject: Virus alert
 >
 >
 >I have received the following warning and as you are in my address book, I
 >am passing it on just in case.   I found it on my machine and have killed
it
 >here.
 >
 >I followed the instructions below and eradicated the virus easily.
 >
 >The virus (called jdbgmgr.exe) is not detected by Norton or MacAfee
 >anti-virus system.
 >The virus sits quietly for 14 days before damaging the system.
 >It is sent automatically by messenger and by the address book whether or
not
 >you send emails to your contacts.
 >
 >Here's how to check the virus and get rid of it.
 >
 >1.  Go to start, then go up to the find or search option.
 >2.  In the file/folders option, type the name: jdbgmgr.exe
 >3.  Be sure you search your C drive and all the sub folders and any other
 >drives that you have (Click on the box to include sub folders)
 >4.  Click "Find now"
 >5.  The virus has a grey teddy bear icon with the name jdbgmgr.exe
 >
 >DO NOT OPEN IT
 >
 >6.  Go to Edit (on the menu bar) and choose "select all" 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 Recycle 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 in their own address books.
 >
 >To do this:
 >
 >1.  Open a new email message.
 >2.  Click the icon of the address book next to "to".
 >3...Highlight  every name and add to "BCC"
 >4.  Copy this message, enter subject and send.
 >
 >Remember you have to do this very quickly i.e. Within 14 days !!!!
 >
 >Mike Read
 >tháa
 >
 >
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