Since we are on the topic..... My favorite reply to a chain letter is.... http://www.breakthechain.org David Gunderson wrote: > 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 :-) > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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