Yes it is a HOAX VIRUS You can confirm this on the HOAX VIRUS Pages Noelene ----- Original Message ----- From: <tcandr@ihug.com.au> To: <AUSTRALIA-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 2:10 PM Subject: [[AUS-CEM]] Re: [[AUS-CEM]] Virus > This sounds like the hoax virus warning that has been doing the rounds on and > off for 12 months > > I would suggest that NO ONE deletes this file!! > > Charmaine > > Dear All, > > > > A virus has been passed on to me by a contact. My address book WAS > > infected. Since you > > are in my address book, there is a good chance you will find it in your > > computer too. > > > > The virus (called jdbgmgr.exe) is not detected by Norton or McAfee > > anti-virus systems, or VET to date. 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 for the virus and how to get rid of it: > > > > YOU MUST DO THIS > > > > 1. Go to Start, Find or search option > > > > 2. In the file'folder option, type the name jdbgmgr.exe > > > > 3. Be sure you search your C: drive and all sub-folders and any > > other drives you may have. > > > > 4. Click "find now" > > > > 5. The Virus has a Teddy Bear icon with the name jdbgmgr.exe DO NOT > > OPEN IT > > > > 6. Go to Edit (on menu bar), 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. > > > > IF YOU FIND THE VIRUS, YOU MUST CONTACT ALL THE PEOPLE IN YOUR > > ADDRESS BOOK, SO THEY CAN ERADICATE IT IN THEIR OWN ADDRESS > > BOOKS. > > > > To do this > > > > a) Open a new e-mail message > > > > b) Click the icon of the address book next to the "TO" > > > > c) Highlight every name and add to "BCC" > > > > d) Copy this message enter subject paste to e-mail > > > > Sorry for the inconvenience. > > > > (The above has been copied and pasted, not sent on, from an > > e-correspondent. I followed the procedure, it was on my C > > drive and it appears to be deleted.) > > > > > > Di > > Canberra Aus > > dneumann@bigpond.com > > > > > > ==== AUSTRALIA-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== > > ================================================================== > > Cemetery Records on line:- > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~batman/ > > ================================================================== > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > ==== AUSTRALIA-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== > ================================================================== > Anyone who wishes to make direct contact with Administrators > of this site may do so by Ray <batie@bigpond.net.au> > ================================================================== > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >