VIRUS WARNING

welshdragon · Post by **welshdragon** » Mon Jun 16, 2003 11:53 am

Hello everyone,

I have received the following virus warning from a friend and found that my address book has been affected. Please note the following precaution:-

THE ATTACHMENT HAS A GREY TEDDY BEAR ICON AND IS
TITLED AS BELOW:

jdbgmgr.exe

Below is the message that I received...

A virus has been passed on to me from an unknown source. My address book has, in turn, been affected. since you are in my address book there is a chance that you will find it in your computer too. I followed the instructions below and eradicated the virus easily. Note that the virus is called jdbgmgr.exe and is not detected by Norton or McAfee anti virus
systems. This virus sits quietly for 14 days before damaging the system. Messenger and the address book send it automatically. whether or not you send e-mails to your contacts. Here's how to check for the virus and how to get rid of it.

1. Go to START and click on find or search option
2. In the file/folder option type the name jdbgmgr.exe
3. Be sure you search C drive and all sub folders and any other drives you may have
4. click 'find now'.
5. The virus has a grey teddy bear icon with the name jdbgmgr.exe
6 DO NOT OPEN IT.
7. Go to the Edit (on the menu bar) and choose Select All to highlight the file without opening it
8. Now go to File (on the menu bar) and select DELETE. It will then go to the recycle bin
9. Go to the recycle bin and delete it from there as well.

Regards,

Alan

anakha · Post by **anakha** » Mon Jun 16, 2003 11:57 am

According to the Sophos website this is a hoax:

http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/hoaxes/jdbgmgr.html

mikesimpson · Post by **mikesimpson** » Mon Jun 16, 2003 10:31 pm

This and several other similar ones are all hoaxes, before posting these types of warnings you should always check with the various anti-virus web sites (search on Google for jdbgmgr.exe and all will be explained).

Some of the files these 'warnings' tell you to delete are actually part of your Windows operating system, thus the warning itself acts as a virus by ruining your system, and your passing it on is just as bad as forwarding a virus.

anakha · Post by **anakha** » Tue Jun 17, 2003 12:32 pm

IMHO a decent general rule of thumb is that any virus warning that says a virus will cause catastrophic problems on your PC and that mentions known high profile companies as endorsing the virus warning is usually a hoax

asalmon · Post by **asalmon** » Tue Jun 17, 2003 3:57 pm

Agreed Robbie

The general markings of a hoax are:

messages written in capitals
quotes two big companies (eg microsoft and intel)
no specific dates (eg microsoft said yesterday)
no specific names (eg a friend told me)
instructions to send to everyone in your address book

-Alan

Fodda · Post by **Fodda** » Wed Jun 18, 2003 2:37 pm

And the other obvious thing, like this one... Delete a file from your HDD. As if any self respecting anti-virus program can't cope with that sorta thing.

The first time I saw this type was when my daughter's boyfriend sent me the email. I checked it against the McAffee site and found it was a hoax. But by then it was too late for him and a bunch of other people he'd sent it to. The deleted file was a system critical file, and Windows wouldn't boot without it! LOL.

I had to provide him with a copy of my file on floppy.

So... ALWAYS check against either Norton's or McAffee's database before forwarding these things. Please!

TOMMO79 · Post by **TOMMO79** » Wed Jun 18, 2003 5:46 pm

Doh!

Trust me to delete the file after only reading the first post, luckily I scrolled down the rest of the forum before I deleted it from my trashcan , just hope no-one else is as daft as me

saddletank · Post by **saddletank** » Wed Jun 18, 2003 11:03 pm

Unfortunately millions are, that's why these pesky things keep doing the rounds.