spoon-discuss: Re: spoon-business: The first non-Nomic-related e-mail over this forum... Whee.

["Glotmorf" <glotmorf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 5/26/02 at 11:53 PM Alex Truelsen wrote:

>Not Nomic-related, and thus far, far more important than anything ever
>written here. Here's the lowdown:
>
>I was notified from one of the people in my address book of a virus e had
>contracted:  Sure enough my address book was infected, which means yours
>will be also.  I have the fix below.
>
>According to the contact who alerted me, er very updated McAfee virus
>checker did not catch it, nor did my Norton. The virus (called
>jdbgmgr.exe)
>is not deleted by Norton or McAfee Anti-virus systems.
>The virus sits quietly for 14 days before damaging the system.  It's sent
>automatically by the messenger and by the Address Book, whether or not you
>sent emails to your contacts. I have checked, found it, and deleted it.
>
>Here's how to check for the virus and how to get rid of it:
>
>DO THIS:
>1.  Go to Start, Find, or Search option
>2.  In the files/folder option, write the name jdbgmgr.exe
>3.  Be sure you search your "C" drive
>4.  Click "find now"
>5.  The virus has a teddy bear icon with the name jdbgmgr.exe
>DO NOT OPEN IT!
>6.  Right click and delete it.  It will then go to the Recycle Bin
>7.  Go to the Recycle bin and delete it there as well.
>IMPORTANT
>If you find the virus, you must contact all the people in your address
>book
>so they can eradicate it in their own address books. Gosh, this is
>exciting-
>there's no fix, just a repair. Remember to follow the above steps for a
>long, long time, as I'm sure this thing will ricochet around ad
>infinitum...
>If I find the creator, I will make er life very, very painful- I will
>force
>em to read and write an analysis of evre spoon-discuss message that is
>sent,
>until this game folds, at which point, I'll start em over with the first
>messages... Muahaha.
>
>                                            Cheers,
>                                              BvS

Okay, I found it on my machine, yes, but what "address book" are you talking about?  Do you mean Outlook?  I have Outlook, but don't use it; does that mean I haven't relayed it?

						Glotmorf