Virus alert - Hoax

[Perfect Drift]

..and Jennie adds: Please do not post virus information on ifish. Rely on a professional source, such as Norton.com, and many others for virus information. Too often, with very good intentions, people pass these around. I feel that sometimes virus hoaxes like these were invented to embarrass people and screw up your computer!
Better just to look whatever you received up on the internet sites that we can trust, and go from there.
How awful to write a virus, that people in good intention try to help others with, by passing it along, only to have people write back that it screwed up their files, and get mad at the person trying to help. What's with people who write these things???
OK, enough! I'm out!
Thanks for trying to help, drifter, but as you have found out, it's not true.
Jen

This is how the hoax is spread (crabbait)-I had this virus, better check your machine too!

One of my e-mail friends received a virus which in turn was
passed to everyone in her address book, which included me. I
found the virus on my machine and deleted it, so it is
possible that my computer passed it on. You need to follow
the enclosed instructions and do a search to make sure it
isn't hiding on your machine.

Make sure you check your computer. I found this on mine.
Since all of you are in my address book, I'm assuming you could of
gotten
this too! Sorry, it was passed to me from a friend!

I was just informed that my address book may have been infected
with a virus. As a result, so may yours. The virus is called
jdbgmgr.exe. It cannot be detected by Norton or McAfee
anti-virus programs. It sits quietly for about 14 days before
damaging the system. It is sent automatically by messenger
and address book, whether or not you send e-mail! The good
news is that it's easy to get rid of!

Just follow these simple steps:

1. Go to start, then Find or Search

2. In files/folders, write the name jdbgmgr.exe

3. Be sure to search in your "C" drive for jdbgmgr.exe

4. Click Find or Search

5. The virus has a teddy bear logowith the name
jdbgmgr.exe---DO NOT OPEN

6. Click right and delete it.(DO NOT DO THIS - crabbait)

7. Go to the recycle bin and delete it also (NOT).

If you find the virus, you must contact everyone in your
address book. (NOT - crabbait)

I hope that you do not find this problem on your system. (It is a normal file...you will find it if you look for it - crabbait)

[ 03-11-2003, 05:16 AM: Message edited by: Jennie@ifish ]

[Gus Orviston]

Careful, that is not a virus, it is a part of the operating system's debugger Java script tools, no different than the other millions of MS files on your HDD that you don't know what they do.

People find ways to do this all too often, find a file, claim it is a virus, and say that it can't be detected by antivirus SW. Below is the link to MS Developers website if you don't believe me.
gus

http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q322993

Virus Hoax: Microsoft Debugger Registrar for Java (Jdbgmgr.exe) Is Not a Virus
The information in this article applies to:
Microsoft Windows XP 64-Bit Edition
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
Microsoft Windows 95
Microsoft Windows 98
Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0
Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
Microsoft Windows NT Server, Enterprise Edition 4.0

[ 03-10-2003, 10:39 PM: Message edited by: Gus Orviston ]

[fishncliff]

This virus is in the removal instructions. if u try to remove it as u said it will activate the virus and mess up your windows or other operating system. This is an old one thats been around awhile.
Don't try and delete it, just delete the e-mail.
My brother hads mortal hell with this one.

[Small Fry]

Thanks for putting this out. I followed your instruction. Guess what I found it. I ran my Nortons afterwards and don't seem to have any other problems. I'm I missing something?

[Gus Orviston]

Unless you use MS Visual J++ 1.1 to develop Java programs on Windows you won't see any ill effects with deleting this file. If you are developer that uses MS Visual J++, you probably would know better not to delete it.

gus

[chinarider]

Here's more info on this HOAX - If you deleted the file, don't worry:

http://securityresponse1.symantec.co...file.hoax.html

Tom

[Gus Orviston]

hey, there he is...the virus, chinarider you got it bad, your bear changes color

gus

[ 03-10-2003, 10:57 PM: Message edited by: Gus Orviston ]

[Small Fry]

Thanks guys. I panic when I see these since I just had to completly reload my system last month and lost a lot of stuff.
I guess that what I get for not paying attention.

[crabbait]

These warnings are almost always hoaxes. Buy a good anti-virus system and keep it current.

[The Fishing Geek]

I received a virus the other day in snail mail. Text follows:

"You have just received the Amish virus. Because we don't have any computers, or programming experience, this virus works on the honor system. Please delete all the files from your hard drive and manually forward this virus to everyone on your mailing list. Thank you for your cooperation.

The Amish Computer Engineering Department"