Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 17:49:26 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Larry Riddle Subject: Re: Please DO Action this--Important! --- IS A HOAX ! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit THAT MESSAGE IS A HOAX. DO NOT REMOVE jdbmfgr.exe. jdbmfgr.exe is a legitimate and necessary part of Windows. This hoax has been circulating for some months now. See http://vil.mcafee.com/dispVirus.asp?virus_k=99436 for an explanation. Larry Riddle Princeton NJ lriddle@telocity.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol /Oscar Ghebelian" To: Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 1:34 PM Subject: [MDOSPREY] Please DO Action this--Important! > Someone has infected my system which is passed on through an address > book, and am afraid has been passed on to you. Easy to delete, just > follow instructions below. SO SORRY--mea culpa. > > Carol Ghebelian > Indian Head, MD > gheb@bellatlantic.net > > I found this in my system.Please check yours. > > Our computer has been infected with a virus from one of our > contacts. As > a > result, so has yours because your address is in our book. The virus > is > called > jdbgmgr.exe. It cannot be detected by Norton or McAfee anti-virus > programs. > > It 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 > > e-mails. In essence, because you are in our address book, you are > most > > likely to be infected. Sorry. I followed the instructions below and > it > was > > easy to get rid of. I did a file search and it showed up in the > > Windows/system32 file. > > To get rid of the virus: > > 1. Go to start, then find Search > > 2. in Files/Folders, write the name jdbgmgr.exe > > 3. Be sure to search in your C drive > > 4. Click Find or Search > > 5. The virus has a teddy bear logo with the name jdbgmgr.exe DO > NOT > OPEN > > IT!! > > 6. Right click and delete it > > 7. Go to the recycle bin and delete it there too > > NOTE: IF YOU FIND THE VIRUS, YOU MUST CONTACT EVERYONE IN YOUR > ADDRESS > BOOK. > > Sorry to be the "bearer" of bad news, but it was very easy to get rid > of. > > If you don't see the teddy bear, then you don't have the virus. > > ======================================================================= > To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com > with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey > ======================================================================= > ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================