----- Original Message ----- From: "David Gunderson" <azarule at hotmail.com> To: <dragaera at dragaera.info> Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 7:34 PM Subject: Re: Fw: READ! (fwd) > For future reference : When you get a notice mass-mailed out by *anyone*, > including people you know or don't know, it's a hoax. It's ALWAYS a hoax. > > The starving children who need you to forward the E-mail ? Hoax. > > The 'we're checking to see if accounts are active' thing ? Hoax. > > Those messages promising free prizes if you reply to them ? Those are spam. > Except some. Which are hoaxes. > > > Hope this clears everything up :-) Not exactly. Then what was it that I deleted? Reen > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > |If we shadows have offended, think but this, and all is mended: you | > |have but slumbered here while these visions did appear. And this | > |weak and idle theme, no more yielding but a dream. Gentles, do not | > |reprehend. If you pardon, we will mend. | > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > >From: David Silberstein <davids at kithrup.com> > >To: Draegara List <dragaera at dragaera.info> > >Subject: Fw: READ! (fwd) > >Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 17:28:24 -0800 (PST) > > > > > >[stupid lame-ass hoax deleted] > > > >I do hope no-one on this list is actually going to follow the > >instructions. > > > >Hoax info: > > http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/jdbgmgr.htm > > > > Origins: Like the SULFNBK.EXE hoax, this bogus virus warning > > (also known as the "Bear Virus") attempts to lure gullible users > > into deleting perfectly innocuous, standard Windows files from > > their systems. > > > > In this case the target file is JDBGMGR.EXE, a Java Debug > > Manager program used by the Microsoft Java runtime engine. This > > file is included as part of a standard Windows installation and is > > not a "virus." (The icon for this file is a graphic of a bear like > > the one shown to the left.) > > > > If you deleted this file, don't sweat it -- JDBGMGR.EXE is only > > important to programmers who use Microsoft Visual J++ 1.1 to > > develop Java programs. Its absence will not cause your PC to stop > > working or interfere with your applications, so if you're not a > > Java developer, you don't have to worry about restoring it. > > Consider the experience a lesson learned about the perils of > > believing and acting upon unverified e-mail warnings. > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > >