Re: Windows Virus?

From: Bruce Chambers (bchambers_at_nospamcableone.net)
Date: 04/09/04 

Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2004 09:39:31 -0600

Greetings --

    Assuming that you're misspelling the file name:

    This is a very, very old hoax; one of the oldest currently in
circulation. If your antivirus software is current and detects
nothing, you're most likely safe. Do nothing with the named file,
delete the email, and tell whomever sent you the original message to
check their facts before spreading rumors.

Microsoft Debugger Registrar for Java Is Not a Virus
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q322993

Jdbgmgr.exe file Hoax
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/jdbgmgr.exe.file.hoax.html

    It's important to remember that almost _any_ email virus warning
is a hoax, designed primarily to bog down email systems by having
well-meaning but uniformed people send out hundreds of otherwise
valueless email warnings. When you receive a warning like this, the
*first* thing you should do is check its veracity at one or more of
the following web sites:

Symantec Security Response - Hoax Page
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/hoax.html

F-Secure Security Information Center - Hoaxes
http://www.f-secure.com/virus-info/hoax/

Trend Micro Hoax Encyclopedia, alerts
http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/hoaxes/hoax.asp

Bruce Chambers 

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"maxhammer16" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:189ad01c41b17$5d352be0$a101280a@phx.gbl...
>I recently recieved an e-mail describing a virus called
> jdbgm. Supposedly, it attacks the hard drives through
> your address book. When I searched for it I found it and
> the teddy bear icon. I deleted both from my hard drives.
> Was this really a virus or was it harmless? Even more
> importantly, did I delete something potentially important
> to Windows ?

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Virus Called "jdbgmgr.exe"
    ... Do nothing with the named file, ... Microsoft Debugger Registrar for Java Is Not a Virus ... Jdbgmgr.exe file Hoax ... When you receive a warning like ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin)
  • Re: jdbg.exe virus
    ... Do nothing with the named file, ... Microsoft Debugger Registrar for Java Is Not a Virus ... Jdbgmgr.exe file Hoax ... Symantec Security Response - Hoax Page ...
    (microsoft.public.security.virus)
  • Re: virus
    ... Do nothing with the named file, ... Microsoft Debugger Registrar for Java Is Not a Virus ... Jdbgmgr.exe file Hoax ... > computers but did not have it on the XP computer. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
  • Re: Jdbgmr.exe
    ... Do nothing with the named file, ... Microsoft Debugger Registrar for Java Is Not a Virus ... Jdbgmgr.exe file Hoax ... Symantec Security Response - Hoax Page ...
    (microsoft.public.security.virus)
  • Re: TEDDY BEARS
    ... This is a very, very old hoax. ... Microsoft Debugger Registrar for Java Is Not a Virus ... >>other drives you may have ... The virus has a teddy bear icon with the name ...
    (microsoft.public.security.virus)
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