Klarinet Archive - Posting 000108.txt from 2003/09

From: "Tim Roberts" <timr@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Re: virus forwarded to me by innocent bystander
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2003 17:06:33 -0400

On Thu, 04 Sep 2003 08:39:58 +0000, Anna Benassi <acb@-----.is> wrote:
>
>“The virus (called jdbgmgr.exe) is not detected by Norton or McAfee
>antivirus 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-mail to your contacts. Here's how to
>check for the virus and how to get rid of it:

If you did delete this perfectly innocent file, I want you to be embarrassed by
your gullibility. Why would it occur to someone to delete an operating system
file based on advice in a bulk e-mail originally written by someone they do not
know? If you received an anonymous message on your answering machine telling
you that the cylindrical object with a thick wire in your car's engine was
irradiating your children, with instructions on how to remove it, would you do
so?

I have one iron-clad rule that I tell to all of the people I support: Any time
you get an e-mail that says "send this to everyone in your address book",
DELETE it. It is a hoax. Every single time. If something is that critically
important, you will hear about it on the 6 o'clock news, not via an anonymous
bulk e-mail.

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- Tim Roberts, timr@-----.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

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