VIRUS HOAX SPECIAL ALERT!
Please, do your fellow Netizen a REAL favor.
Forward *THIS* email to everyone you know.
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Once again I am witness to mass hysteria and knee jerk reactions.
I just received an email forwarded to me and dozens others by an
associate who received it from an associate of theirs and dozens
others, etc, etc, etc. It's a Virus Warning instructing you to
locate and delete one or more files from your computer. This
time around the "killer file" is jdbgmgr.exe.
To those of you who have already fallen victim to this hoax and
deleted the file as instructed, you have crippled a portion of
your Windows operating system which must now be reinstalled.
jdbgmgr.exe is a Java debugging program that without may NOW
ACTUALLY LEAVE YOUR COMPUTER VULNERABLE TO ATTACK BY VISITING
THE WRONG WEB SITE!!!
This warning message ***IS*** the virus. It preys on your fear
and spreads by your hand. Commit this next paragraph to memory.
Stamp it on your forehead. Do what ever it takes so you never
forget it.
ANY TIME YOU RECEIVE A VIRUS WARNING, CHECK THE VALIDITY OF THE
WARNING ON GOOGLE, AT MCAFEE OR AT THE SYMANTIC WEB SITES!!!
Here is an example of what I found at Google just
searching for the keyword "jdbgmgr.exe".
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/176442.html
Any time you get such a warning, check it first at
http://vil.mcafee.com/hoax.asp? If it is a hoax, hit "reply to
all" in your email program and tell them! Tell them to tell
everyone else they know. Help us put a stop to these hoaxes.
Be part of the solution, not part of the problem.
If you've already fallen victim and want to restore the file
to its original state, instructions are at the bottom of this
page - http://vil.mcafee.com/dispVirus.asp?virus_k=99436
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That's news for now.
Be informed,
Be involved,
Be well.
Sincerely,
Mark Brasche
Founder and CEO,
SurfSafely.com
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