Virus warning (jdbgmgr.exe): a false alert? Аўтар тэмы: Sara Freitas
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Sara Freitas
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I just rec\'d a virus warning from a client who fears they may have infected me via their address book. They say the virus is unknown by Norton 2002 and Mc Affee. They are instructing me to find the file jdbgmgr.exe and delete it from my computer.If the virus is present, a bear icon will appear, which should not be opened. I have a subscription to Norton and just did a live update of virus definitions and a complete scan, which came up with nothing. I have heard that .exe files cannot be viruses... See more I just rec\'d a virus warning from a client who fears they may have infected me via their address book. They say the virus is unknown by Norton 2002 and Mc Affee. They are instructing me to find the file jdbgmgr.exe and delete it from my computer.If the virus is present, a bear icon will appear, which should not be opened. I have a subscription to Norton and just did a live update of virus definitions and a complete scan, which came up with nothing. I have heard that .exe files cannot be viruses. In fact, a former colleague of mine once sent a similar alert to all of her customers, many of whom wrote back extremely angry at her for sending a false alert. Should I take this alert seriously and look for the little bear and subsequently alert my entire address book or is this a false alert?
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Olga Judina 
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| Don't delete anything! | Feb 6, 2003 |
I got this message a few days ago and checked with the IT technicians at the university where I teach - they said it was a well-known hoax and not to delete anything.
Hope this helps
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Sara Freitas
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ПАЧЫНАЛЬНІК ТЭМЫ
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Sara Freitas
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ПАЧЫНАЛЬНІК ТЭМЫ | Don't panic, just live and learn! | Feb 6, 2003 |
I am now receiving a flood of e-mails from all those in the address book of the (now very embarrassed, I\'m sure) person from whom this originated with links to various hoax sites explaining that it isn\'t a virus at all...
Live and learn...
[addsig]
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Doru Voin
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| Getting angry | Feb 6, 2003 |
People shouldn\'t get angry for being sent such things. They should get angry with the people who do them.
Cheers
Spencer
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| Please search the forum | Feb 6, 2003 |
This question has been asked at least 2 times in the ProZ forums.
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Magda Dziadosz
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| The Internet Gullibility Virus | Feb 6, 2003 |
I\'ve found this hillarious article at http://www.selfpromotion.com
Magda
WARNING, CAUTION, DANGER, AND BEWARE!
Gullibility Virus Spreading over the Internet!
WASHINGTON, D.C.--The Institute for the Investigation of Irregular Internet Phenomena announced today that many Internet users are becoming infected by a new virus that causes them to believe ... See more I\'ve found this hillarious article at http://www.selfpromotion.com
Magda
WARNING, CAUTION, DANGER, AND BEWARE!
Gullibility Virus Spreading over the Internet!
WASHINGTON, D.C.--The Institute for the Investigation of Irregular Internet Phenomena announced today that many Internet users are becoming infected by a new virus that causes them to believe without question every groundless story, legend, and dire warning that shows up in their inbox or on their browser. The Gullibility Virus, as it is called, apparently makes people believe and forward copies of silly hoaxes relating to cookie recipes, email viruses, taxes on modems, and get-rich-quick schemes. \"These are not just readers of tabloids or people who buy lottery tickets based on fortune cookie numbers,\" a spokesman said. \"Most are otherwise normal people, who would laugh at the same stories if told to them by a stranger on a street corner.\" However, once these same people become infected with the Gullibility Virus, they believe anything they read on the Internet.
\"My immunity to tall tales and bizarre claims is all gone,\" reported one weeping victim. \"I believe every warning message and sick child story my friends forward to me, even though most of the messages are anonymous.\"
Another victim, now in remission, added, \"When I first heard about Good Times, I just accepted it without question. After all, there were dozens of other recipients on the mail header, so I thought the virus must be true.\" It was a long time, the victim said, before she could stand up at a Hoaxees Anonymous meeting and state, \"My name is Jane, and I\'ve been hoaxed.\" Now, however, she is spreading the word. \"Challenge and check whatever you read,\" she says.
Internet users are urged to examine themselves for symptoms of the virus, which include the following:
The willingness to believe improbable stories without thinking. The urge to forward multiple copies of such stories to others. A lack of desire to take three minutes to check to see if a story is true.
T. C. is an example of someone recently infected. He told one reporter, \"I read on the Net that the major ingredient in almost all shampoos makes your hair fall out, so I\'ve stopped using shampoo.\" When told about the Gullibility Virus, T. C. said he would stop reading email, so that he would not become infected.
Anyone with symptoms like these is urged to seek help immediately. Experts recommend that at the first feelings of gullibility, Internet users rush to their favorite search engine and look up the item tempting them to thoughtless credence. Most hoaxes, legends, and tall tales have been widely discussed and exposed by the Internet community.
Courses in critical thinking are also widely available, and there is online help from many sources, including:
Department of Energy Computer Incident Advisory Capability
Symantec Anti Virus Research Center
Network Associates Virus Hoax List
The Urban Legends Web Site
Urban Legends Reference Pages
Datafellows Hoax Warnings
Those people who are still symptom free can help inoculate themselves against the Gullibility Virus by reading some good material on evaluating sources, such as:
Evaluating Internet Research Sources
Evaluation of Information Sources
Bibliography on Evaluating Internet Resources
Lastly, as a public service, Internet users can help stamp out the Gullibility Virus by referring people who send out virus warnings to this page!
This warning is the work of Marc Salverson.\"
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