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RE: (meteorobs) Virus warning


	It's not a virus; it's a hoax... and this is hardly the place.  The file
mentioned below is part of the Windows environment necessary to debug Java
programs; you can get the full story at
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/jdbgmgr.exe.file.hoa
x.html .

	Any message that includes whole sentences in caps, or urges you to send it
to everyone you know, is most likely just a waste of your bandwidth (another
good indicator is the fact that its technical content is ludicrously
incorrect).  Next time you get one of these, check www.sarc.com first to see
if it's worth perpetuating.

Cheers and clear skies (starting to cloud here in Big D),

Peter Brunone

|-----Original Message-----
|From: owner-meteorobs@atmob.org [mailto:owner-meteorobs@atmob.org]On
|Behalf Of Dennis Murden
|Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 1:20 PM
|To: Lil-Love-Toy
|Cc: Steve
|Subject: (meteorobs) Virus warning
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|Subject: Virus warning
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|Sorry folks. I was given the following message and did find the
|virus on our
|C drive.
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|Hi All
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|This virus was found in one of our contacts computers and we have been
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|advised to do the following.
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|PLEASE TAKE THE FOLLOWING ACTION TO CLEAR YOUR COMPUTER.
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|Original Message.
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|A virus has been passed to our computers.  As your contact is in our
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|address book, you
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|may have received this virus from me as well.  Please see the
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|instructions below to delete
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| and pass on to your contacts.
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|The virus called (jdbgmgr.exe) is not detected by Norton or McAfee or
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|F-secure or VET
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|antivirus systems.
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|The virus sits quietly for 14 days before damaging the system.  Its sent
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|automatically by messenger
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|and by the address book whether or not you send emails to your
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|contacts.  Heres how to
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|check for the virus and how to get rid of it.
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|Thanks
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|YOU MUST DO THIS:
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|  a.. Go to the start button (bottom left corner), find the search
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|option ( or "find").
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|  b.. In the files / folders option, write the name jdbgmgr.exe
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|  c.. Be sure to search your C: drive and any other drives you may have
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|  d.. Click "find now"
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|  e.. The virus has a teddy bear icon with the name jdbgmgr.exe
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|  f.. DO NOT OPEN IT.
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|  g.. Go to edit:  Choose "select all" to highlight the file without
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|opening it.
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|  h.. Now go to file and select "delete". It will go to your recycle
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|bin.
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|  i.. Go to your recycle bin and delete it from there also.
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|IF YOU FIND THE VIRUS YOU MUST CONTACT ALL THE PEOPLE IN YOUR ADDRESS
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|BOOK
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|SO THEY CAN ERADICATE IT IN THEIR OWN ADDRESS BOOKS.  SORRY ABOUT THIS
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|I'M SURE EVERYONE IN THE ADDRESS BOOK WILL HAVE IT.
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|To do this open new email message, click the photo of the address book
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|next to TO.
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|Click every name and add to BCC.
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|Copy this message, enter subject, paste to email and send.
|

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