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    1. Re: [Cork] Important! Virus inadvertently sent to you!!
    2. This is a known hoax. Please don't act on this! Check the following link for more information: http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/jdbgmgr.exe.file.hoax. html And remember that you can't get a virus sent to you through a RW mailing list; any attachment is removed. Wilson DeCamp In a message dated 9/2/2002 2:21:33 PM Eastern Daylight Time, peggarry@attbi.com writes: > I was infected by this "Teddy Bear" virus which was hidden in a message from > my nephew. Please read the message below and follow the directions. I was > able to locate the virus in my "C" drive and delete it by following the > directions carefully. Apologies for the inconvenience. > Peg > > Message from my nephew: > > I hate to tell you this, but I got a virus from being in someone's > address book. > Therefore, since you are in my address book, you apparently have gotten > it too and > it has infected your address book. It cannot be detected by Norton or > McAfee > Anti-Virus programs. It is sent automatically by messenger and by the > address > book, whether or not you send e-mail. It's not a big deal and it's > really easy to > take care of it. It won't take action for a week or two, but it only > takes a second to > erase it. So here are the instructions: > > 1. Go to Start, then Find or 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 > 6. Right click and delete it > 7. Go to the recycle bin and delete it there also > > IF YOU FIND THE VIRUS, YOU MUST CONTACT EVERYONE IN YOUR > ADDRESS BOOK. > > I'm really sorry about this. Pass along the message to those in your > address > books. > > Thanks! >

    09/02/2002 08:30:18