Please forward to EVERYONE you know (at least the gullible ones)

[RawHumor]

MAN I get annoyed with people who e-mail the "Oooh, scary virus" type e-mails to everyone in their address book.

For the benefit of anyone who reads this, if you get an e-mail that tells you to delete a file from your computer or to panic because your toaster is going to merge with your microwave under orders of your PC so you'd better throw them ALL away or you'll surely die, please check here first:

http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/

They even have a nice little Search function that you can use.

I know that most Litsters are intelligent enough to check on stuff like this, but apparently not everyone at my International Corporation IS!

When I used to have ICQ, I just wanted to KILL people who forwarded EVERY SINGLE message that said "Forward this to EVERYONE so ICQ knows who uses the system" or whatever. THINK PEOPLE! ARGGGGHHH!!!!

Sorry, I'm done venting now. Thanks for being there and for NOT being among the living braindead.

 

[lovetoread]

oh come on...

isnt it nice that they actually care enough to send it on...

 

[RawHumor]

oh come on...

isnt it nice that they actually care enough to send it on...

I'm not sure if you're joking or not, but I'm assuming you are.

In this case, the e-mail WAS the virus. The e-mail instructed you to delete a file from your hard drive because that it said would delete every file from your computer. The file is a necessary file and is NOT a virus.

Unfortunately, some people followed the advice of the e-mail before word could get out.

 

[lovetoread]

I was joking of course.

Dont these people ever look at snopes.com?

I mean there has been many a email that told you to remove a file that isnt a virus.

sigh.

Maybe they will have learned something.

 

[RawHumor]

I think it's paranoia mixed with naivete (or however you spell that word).

I can actually forgive the people who deleted the file - it's the idiot who sent the e-mail to everyone in our company address book (1000+ people) who pissed me off.

I'm sure I'm not NEAR as pissed as our MIS people who actually have to go through and ask if anyone actually deleted the file though.

 

[LukkyKnight]

Warnings are good, but you don't always get good instructions...

Yeah well, I got this virus once and it removed porn from my computer, then it changed the color of my walls, kept me from emailing old friends, and ran up bills on my credit card. It did something that made the toilet back up regularly, then had the audacity to increase my fiber intake. I wish somebody had warned me.

A divorce cleared up most of it.

 

[brokenbrainwave]

Would it really do any good to send it to the caring idiots that forward every damn warning under the sun? Keep in mind these are the same damn people that are still waiting for their coupons to _____________ (insert The Gap, Cracker Barrel, Ralph Lauren, Victoria Secrets, or all the above) AND for Bill Gates to give the Red Cross that lousy nickle for each person they sent it to. I will however, copy, paste, edit (for my own personal pleasure) and forward this latest warning to the alarmist's on my email lists, for no other reason than to simply stir them up and give them something to worry about.

Raw, thanks for a great idea, even thought that is not what you intended, I needed that!

 

[RawHumor]

Re: Warnings are good, but you don't always get good instructions...

Yeah well, I got this virus once and it removed porn from my computer, then it changed the color of my walls, kept me from emailing old friends, and ran up bills on my credit card. It did something that made the toilet back up regularly, then had the audacity to increase my fiber intake. I wish somebody had warned me.

A divorce cleared up most of it.

LOL

Yeah, but on the plus side, now you have a whole new operating system!

Reminds me of that old Girlfriend 2.0 e-mail joke.

 

[RawHumor]

Raw, thanks for a great idea, even thought that is not what you intended, I needed that!

LOL

The other problem is that sending an e-mail like that takes up space on the server. Multiply that by however many people it's been sent to...

Although, in your case not everyone would be on the same server, but still...

 

[brokenbrainwave]

LOL

The other problem is that sending an e-mail like that takes up space on the server. Multiply that by however many people it's been sent to...

Although, in your case not everyone would be on the same server, but still...

yes but the thought of my mother in law sitting in front of her computer for 24 straight hours as if she was the guard on a suicide watch just fucking cracks me up!

 

[sabbathstorm]

Is that the old sulfbak one? A couple of guys in class fell for it. You think they'd know better being in IT. As lovetoread mentioned, Snopes has a great site on computer viruses. Hell it's an entertaining read!

I know right now our school systems are infected with something but we've been given very little information. They're really concerned that it's reached the main server.

 

[lovetoread]

yes but the thought of my mother in law sitting in front of her computer for 24 straight hours as if she was the guard on a suicide watch just fucking cracks me up!

Thats mean...

 

[RawHumor]

yes but the thought of my mother in law sitting in front of her computer for 24 straight hours as if she was the guard on a suicide watch just fucking cracks me up!

You almost made me spit Diet Dr. Pepper all over my screen.

I'm glad I have some sense of restraint!

Bastard!

 

[brokenbrainwave]

Thats mean...

yes I know, but still damn funny to think about!

 

[RawHumor]

Is that the old sulfbak one?

Nope - this one's different: jdbgmgr.exe.

Here's Symantec's page on it:

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/jdbgmgr.exe.file.hoax.html

 

[brokenbrainwave]

You almost made me spit Diet Dr. Pepper all over my screen.

I'm glad I have some sense of restraint!

Bastard!

umm yeah man, I would hate to be blamed with making your screen sticky. I am not sure I could live with myself afterwards.


oh, I aint a bastard, my mom and dad were related. (just kidding, geez people)

 

[lovetoread]

I love snopes.com.

I have read almost all of their pages..

http://www.snopes2.com/computer/virus/jdbgmgr.htm

 

[sabbathstorm]

I used to be on the BB there

 

[RawHumor]

I used to be on the BB there

Me too! But only for about a week. It didn't seem all that active.

 

[sabbathstorm]

Me too! But only for about a week. It didn't seem all that active.

Cool...the SLC is usually the place to be.

 

[lovetoread]

Me too. But I never posted.

Did ya'll hear about the tv show they are gonna have?

 

[sabbathstorm]

Yes I did hear mention of that actually. I doubt I'd ever get to see it up here.