[pchelpers] Re: virus?


Hi!

In message 000201c2668a$865e4440$c67ba8c0@Phils">mid:000201c2668a$865e4440$c67ba8c0@Phils 
on Friday, September 27, 2002, 8:01:00 PM, you wrote:

P> urban legend

P> Don't mess with it.  And that's the truth.  Take it from someone who
P> knows.  Experience is the best teacher.

Agreed.  I  think  I've  seen  *ONE* virus warning via email, in the 8
years  that  I've  been online, that was NOT a hoax, and even that was
old  news. Don't waste your time even looking at such messages. If you
keep  your  antivirus software updated and use common sense, you'll do
ok. If you want to know, the anti-virus vendors WILL tell you, just do
a   search   for   JDBGMGR  on  their  sites,  or  you  can  check  at
http://www.snopes.com. Go there and do a search for JDBGMGR and you'll
see.  Even a search at http://www.google.com will give you a clue, and
you don't even have to go to any of the links; the word "hoax" appears
in most of the summaries.

I  had  to  fix  the  computers  of two people who were dumb enough to
believe  an email. According to the anti-virus web sites, the deletion
of  jdbgmgr.exe  should  not  have  caused much of a problem, but both
systems turned out to be seriously screwed up.

Cliff,  you did good by asking, instead of being gullible, but you can
find out for yourself quite easily.

--Scott.


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P> From: pchelpers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
P> [mailto:pchelpers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
P> cliffmessner1@xxxxxxxx
P> Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 4:45 PM

P> I just received a warning about a supposed virus
P> named jdbgmgr.exe. Does anyone on the list know
P> if this is an urban legend, or a genuine virus?

P> The file resides in Windows/System and has an
P> icon resembling a teddy bear.

P> I was advised to delete the file.


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