Re: [Full-Disclosure] Re: Viral hoax

From: Shawn McMahon (smcmahon_at_eiv.com)
Date: 05/19/03

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Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 08:45:43 -0400

    On Sun, May 18, 2003 at 01:21:39PM +0200, martin f krafft said:
    >
    > except the removal of the java debugger will not break a system...
    > in fact, i have not seen one of these system file = virus messages
    > that would really cause damage... maybe it's time...

    Those don't spread as fast. You get the email, you delete the file,
    you're off the net and reinstalling.

    With the jdbmgr.exe hoax (which, BTW, is old news, please Google before
    posting people) you delete the file, everything you're likely to do for
    the next few minutes works, and you forward the email to your friends.

    It's kinda like how Ebola is close to the top end of lethality for a
    virus that can spread well; any more lethal, and people wouldn't live
    long enough to pass it on. Of course, IANAI. (I Am Not An
    Immunologist.) 

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