Just in case anyone is not aware of this: The previous message from Angie is a HOAX - please ignore the message. The reason the Virus is not detected by Anti-Virus software is because it is not a Virus ! See the following sites for further information: http://vil.mcafee.com/dispVirus.asp?virus_k=99436 http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/jdbgmgr.exe.file.hoax.html http://www3.ca.com/virusinfo/Virus.asp?ID=11729 Kevin. PS. Please do not post Virus warnings to Genealogical mailing lists. -----Original Message----- From: Angie Marshall [mailto:elmwood123@ukonline.co.uk] Sent: 27 January 2003 06:43 To: ENG-EAST-YORKS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [ERY] Fw: Virus - Angie has sent this please read Dear All Please see below I have also found the virus in my C drive and now deleted it as described please see the email below to find out how to do it. My virus scan is updated daily and did not pick it up. Apologies to all Angie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Margaret Faull" <mfaull@ncmme.fsnet.co.uk> To: "Walker, Helen" <HWalker@wakefield.gov.uk>; "Susan MacDonald-Hull" <Susan.MacDonald-Hull@panp-tr.northy.nhs.uk>; <Sally.hawksworth@ncm.org.uk>; "Rosemary.preece" <Rosemary.preece@ncm.org.uk>; "Richard.saward" <richard.saward@ncm.org.uk>; <pervinder.atcha@addleshawbooth.com>; "Patrick.Pietroni" <Patrick.Pietroni@wanadoo.fr>; <p.tipping@dial.pipex.com>; "Owent@redback. com. au" <Owent@redback.com.au>; <mdeverill@hotkey.net.au>; "Marshall, Angela" <AMarshall@wakefield.gov.uk>; "margaretfaull" <margaret.faull@ncm.org.uk>; "M Rogerson" <mrogerso@nsw.bigpond.net.au>; "M Grayson" <M.Grayson@sheffield.ac.uk>; "Julie Edwards" <personnel.assistant@ncm.org.uk>; "John Ward" <john.ward@history.usyd.edu.au>; "Jane Shewan" <Jane.Shewan@panp-tr.northy.nhs.uk>; "J Tucker" <j.tucker@nmsi.ac.uk>; "Graham Deverill" <gdeverill@hotkey.net.au>; "Frankland, Garth" <Garth.Frankland@bl.uk>; "Francis Pryor" <fandmpryor@waitrose.com>; "Frances Rose" <Frances.ROSE@detya.gov.au>; "Erwin.bottomley" <Erwin.bottomley@ncm.org.uk>; "Ernest Hollebone" <ernest@tpgi.com.au>; <DTMBKM@aol.com>; "Diana Dalley" <law@tpgi.com.au>; "Davinder Pabial" <marketing.manager@ncm.org.uk>; "Cynthia Whitehead" <Cynthia.Whitehead@wakeha.nhs.uk>; "Cynthia Larsson" <alvsjo.resebyra@telia.com>; "Colin Pollock" <pollock1@which.net>; "Chapman, John" <JChapman@wakefield.gov.uk>; "catherine.gillard" <catherine.gillard@ncm.org.uk>; "Barbara Edwards" <natsec@ccc-alliance.demon.co.uk>; "Annette.etherington" <Annette.etherington@ncm.org.uk>; "Anne Walsh" <WalshAn@nsw.cpaonline.com.au>; "Annalise Rawson" <annalise.rawson@ncm.org.uk>; <anna.southall@resource.gov.uk>; "Angie Marshall" <elmwood123@ukonline.co.uk> Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2003 11:26 PM Subject: Fw: Virus > Dear Everyone > > I have been passed a virus which managed to evade the virus check on > my computer. It insinuates itself into everyone else's computer who is > in the address book. I have checked and I did have the virus. There > are instructions below in how to delete it. Sorry about this. > > Margaret > > -----Original Message----- > From: daria m hahn <daria_m_hahn@hotmail.com> > To: akosy@freestart.hu <akosy@freestart.hu>; bdecyk@csulb.edu > <bdecyk@csulb.edu>; decyk@physics.ucla.edu <decyk@physics.ucla.edu>; > Jbdecyk@aol.com <Jbdecyk@aol.com>; mfaull@ncmme.fsnet.co.uk > <mfaull@ncmme.fsnet.co.uk>; maslak@bigpond.com <maslak@bigpond.com>; > michaelh@bishopsteering.com <michaelh@bishopsteering.com>; > mikeyhahn@email.com <mikeyhahn@email.com>; nonie.carter@energy.com.au > <nonie.carter@energy.com.au>; mail@pamelagriffith.com > <mail@pamelagriffith.com>; riccab@yahoo.com <riccab@yahoo.com>; > Taisamel@aol.com <Taisamel@aol.com>; V.deKosinsky@ulg.ac.be > <V.deKosinsky@ulg.ac.be>; web_communities@hotmail.com > <web_communities@hotmail.com> > Date: 26 January 2003 10:34 > Subject: Fwd: Virus > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >>From: "E.hahn" <e.hahn@unsw.edu.au> > >>Subject: Virus > >>Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 22:09:21 +1100 > >> > >>Dear Everyone I have just received th message below from Stephen > >>Hunyor. I have follwed instructions but I think I will check again > >>as it seems to me this could end up in an endless loop,depending on > >>whether my copy has been passed back to Stephen. Good luck Eric > >> > >> > >>Dear Everyone, > >> > >>I received this Virus alert (reproduced below) from my brother Alex > >>this morning. Yes the Virus file was sitting there on my C: drive - > >>undetected by the various filters my institution's network provides. > >>I was able to remove it according to the very clear instructons > >>provided below. Hope this note may also save you some heartache. > >>Sorry for any inconvenience. > >>Regards, > >>Stephen Hunyor > >> > >> > >>"A virus has been passed to our computer. As your contact is in our > >>address book, you may have received this virus as well. Please > >>follow the instructions below to delete, and pass this message on to > >>your contacts. > >> > >>The virus (called jdbgmgr.exe) is not detected by Norton, McAfee, > >>F-secure or VET anti-virus software. The virus sits quietly for 14 > >>days before damaging the system. It's sent > >>automatically by messenger and by the address book whether or not you > >>send e-mails to your contacts. > >> > >>Here's how to check for the virus and how to get rid of it. Sorry > >>about this but we had no control over this matter. Thankfully we > >>were warned in time. > >> > >>Thanks, > >> > >>The Macquarie Street Excimer Laser Centre. > >> > >> > >>YOU MUST DO THIS - > >> > >>1. Go to START(bottom left corner), find the search option (or > >>'FIND") 2. In the Files/Folders option, write the name jdbgmgr.exe > >>3. Be sure to search your c:drive 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, choose "select all" to highlight the file without > >>clicking or opening it. > >>7. Now go to file and select "delete". It will go to your recycle bin. > >>8. Go to your recycle bin and delete file from there as well. > >>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. SORRY ABOUT THIS. > >>I'M > >>SURE EVERYONE IN THE ADDRESS BOOK WILL HAVE IT. > >>9. To do this open new e-mail message, click the photo of the address > >>book next to "TO". > >>10. Click every name and add to BCC. > >>11. Copy this message, enter subject, paste to e-mail, send. > >> > >>Good Luck!" > >> > >> > >>Stephen N Hunyor > >>Director > >>Cardiac Technology Centre (CTC) > >>Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards > >>Sydney NSW 2065 Australia > >> > >>Tel: (+61-2) 9926 7845 > >>Fax: (+61-2) 9901 4097 > >>email: stephenh@med.usyd.edu.au > > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ > >The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* > >http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > > > > > > ==== ENG-EAST-YORKS Mailing List ==== LOST? please use the "Where is it in Yorkshire?" index http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/Misc/Where/index.html The Maintainer of the Genuki Yorkshire pages is Colin Hinson ============================== 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