I was sent this email, and found that I had this in my files please do the following... Sorry Everyone I had No idea.... Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 7:44 PM THIS IS FOR REAL: I have just learned that my computer was infected through a friend's infected e-mail address book. This virus automatically infects the recipients e-mail address book too. So I am letting everyone in my address book know. The virus (called jdbgmgr.exe) is not detected by Norton or McAfee Anti-virus systems. 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 sent e-mails to everyone. I followed her instructions and deleted it, but it has probably been passed on to everyone in my address book (which means you). I am therefore giving you the exact instructions and information she gave me, and I urge you to follow them and get rid of the virus. Seems it lies dormant for 14 days, so there is plenty of time. The message follows: Here is how to check for the virus and to get rid of it. It is very simple. YOU MUST DO THIS: 1. Go to Start, Find or Search option. 2. In the files/folders option, write the name jdbgmgr.exe 3. Be sure you search your C and D 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 opening it. 7. Now go to File and select Delete. It will then go into the recycle bin. 8. Go to the recycle bin and delete it there as well. Select All, permanently delete, etc. 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 am pretty sure everyone in my address book will have it. To send this message to everyone in your address book: 1. Open a new e-mail message. 2. Click the photo of address book next to "TO" 3. Click every name and add it to "BCC" 4. Copy this message, paste to e-mail, enter subject and send. I GOT THIS IN MY E-MAIL TODAY AND I'VE ALREADY DELETED THE FILE FROM MY COMPUTER. I HOPE YOU CAN ALL DELETE IT QUICKLY. SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE! Joe Thanks Everyone, Sherry

DON'T DO THIS!!!!!! It is a hoax!! Go to http://www3.ca.com/solutions/collateral.asp?CT=65&ID=1864 for information on this hoax and how to restore this file. Lynn J. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sherry Jones" <skjones@triad.rr.com> To: <JONES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 4:39 PM Subject: [Jones] Everyone PLease Reas Carefully..This is a Virus Alert.... > I was sent this email, and found that I had this in my files please do the following... Sorry Everyone I had No idea.... > > Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 7:44 PM > > THIS IS FOR REAL: > I have just learned that my computer was infected through a friend's infected e-mail address book. This virus > automatically infects the recipients e-mail address book too. So I am letting everyone in my address book know. > The virus (called jdbgmgr.exe) is not detected by Norton or McAfee Anti-virus systems. 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 sent e-mails to everyone. I followed her instructions and deleted it, but it has probably been passed on to everyone in my address book (which means you). I am therefore giving you the exact instructions and information she gave me, and I urge you to follow them and get rid of the virus. Seems it lies dormant for 14 days, so there is plenty of time. The message follows: > > Here is how to check for the virus and to get rid of it. It is very simple. > > YOU MUST DO THIS: > 1. Go to Start, Find or Search option. > 2. In the files/folders option, write the name jdbgmgr.exe > 3. Be sure you search your C and D 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 opening it. > 7. Now go to File and select Delete. It will then go into the recycle bin. > 8. Go to the recycle bin and delete it there as well. Select All, permanently delete, etc. > > 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 am pretty sure everyone in my address book will have it. To send this message to everyone in your address book: > > 1. Open a new e-mail message. > 2. Click the photo of address book next to "TO" > 3. Click every name and add it to "BCC" > 4. Copy this message, paste to e-mail, enter subject and send. > I GOT THIS IN MY E-MAIL TODAY AND I'VE ALREADY DELETED THE FILE FROM MY COMPUTER. I HOPE YOU CAN ALL DELETE > IT QUICKLY. SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE! Joe > > > > Thanks Everyone, > Sherry > > > > ==== JONES Mailing List ==== > Direct your questions, comments or problems to the listowner at jones-admin@rootsweb.com > For detailed instructions on subscribing and unsubscribing visit this site: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/j/jones.html > browse the archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/jones > search the archives: http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=JONES > Unusual JONES given names, http://members.aol.com/stjones/jones/oddnames.html >

In the Welcome Letter each of you received when joining the JONES List (and most other Rootsweb Lists as well), it is clearly stated that there will be NO VIRUS discussions or postings regarding viruses, real or imagined, to the List. It also appears occasionally on a tagline at the end of a posting and there have been many times I have told the list NOT to post virus warnings but to contact me off-list if they believe they might have a virus that might affect other listmembers. If someone really wants to talk about and hear about viruses, please join VIRUS-DISCUSSION-L by emailing virus-discussion-l-request@rootsweb.com Jdbgmgr.exe file hoax has been around for a long time. There are other similiar hoaxes as well and I would strongly suggest that anyone who receives an email, even from a trusted friend, check out the facts before they go deleting files from their computer. A simple check for jdbgmgr.exe on Yahoo took 1 second and this is what I got from the Symantec website: http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/jdbgmgr.exe.file.hoax.html There will be NO further discussions of viruses, hoaxes, etc., NO posting of virus warnings, etc. Anyone who does so, will be unsubscribed from the List for a week. Kathi Jones-Hudson JONES Listowner __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site http://webhosting.yahoo.com/