Virus or hoax? Help...
23 July 2003, 12:06 AM
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Is this fishy or is the file mentioned dodgy etc? I received it in my inbox from a known contact...
AVG scanner doen't pick anything up 
is the jdbg.exe or jdbgmgr.exe a standard windows file? Search has found a copy in my old windows system directory when I had win98 on an old HD - I now have XP on a new HD and there's no trace of it on this drive...
Apple
Is this fishy or is the file mentioned dodgy etc? I received it in my inbox from a known contact...
The information below was passed on to me. I found the virus in my computer, so am forwarding this message to you just in case.
A virus has been passed to me through a contact's address book. My address book was infected. Since you are in my address book, you will probably find it in your computer, too.
The virus (called jdbg.exe) is not detected by Norton or McAfee Anti-virus systems. The virus sits quietly for 14 days before damaging the system. It is sent automatically by 'messenger' and by address book, whether or not you sent e-mail to your contacts.
Here is how to check for the virus and how to get rid of it. It only takes a few minutes.
1. Go to Start, and then click your "Find" or "Search" option
2. In the folder option, type the name: jdbgmgr.exe
3. Be sure to search your C Drive and all the sub folders and any other
drives you may have
4. Click "Find Now"
5. The virus has a teddy bear icon with the name jdbgmgr.exe DO NOT
OPEN IT!
6. Go to Edit (on the menu bar) and choose "Select All" to highlight
the file without opening it.
7. Now go to File (on the menu bar) and select delete. It will then go
to the recycle bin. If you find the virus, you must contact all the people
in your Address Book so that they may eradicate the virus from their own address books.
To do this:
1. Open a new e-mail message
2. Click the icon Address Book next to "To"
3. Highlight every name and add to "BCC"
4. Copy this message and paste into the e-mail
A virus has been passed to me through a contact's address book. My address book was infected. Since you are in my address book, you will probably find it in your computer, too.
The virus (called jdbg.exe) is not detected by Norton or McAfee Anti-virus systems. The virus sits quietly for 14 days before damaging the system. It is sent automatically by 'messenger' and by address book, whether or not you sent e-mail to your contacts.
Here is how to check for the virus and how to get rid of it. It only takes a few minutes.
1. Go to Start, and then click your "Find" or "Search" option
2. In the folder option, type the name: jdbgmgr.exe
3. Be sure to search your C Drive and all the sub folders and any other
drives you may have
4. Click "Find Now"
5. The virus has a teddy bear icon with the name jdbgmgr.exe DO NOT
OPEN IT!
6. Go to Edit (on the menu bar) and choose "Select All" to highlight
the file without opening it.
7. Now go to File (on the menu bar) and select delete. It will then go
to the recycle bin. If you find the virus, you must contact all the people
in your Address Book so that they may eradicate the virus from their own address books.
To do this:
1. Open a new e-mail message
2. Click the icon Address Book next to "To"
3. Highlight every name and add to "BCC"
4. Copy this message and paste into the e-mail
is the jdbg.exe or jdbgmgr.exe a standard windows file? Search has found a copy in my old windows system directory when I had win98 on an old HD - I now have XP on a new HD and there's no trace of it on this drive...
Apple
23 July 2003, 12:15 AM
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Ta Si,
unfortunately I've just deleted it...
the description when I hovered over it read something like it was a microsoft debugger file and the icon was a teddy bear
it seems like the email is a good way of spreading things around i.e. panic-mail
and I think the person it came from would just accept it and carry out the instructions...
suppose the best thing is to let it die off (i.e. not replicate / forward it) and hope nothing needs the file I've just junked?
Apple
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[Edited by Apple - 7/23/2003 12:18:10 AM]
unfortunately I've just deleted it...
the description when I hovered over it read something like it was a microsoft debugger file and the icon was a teddy bear
it seems like the email is a good way of spreading things around i.e. panic-mail
and I think the person it came from would just accept it and carry out the instructions... suppose the best thing is to let it die off (i.e. not replicate / forward it) and hope nothing needs the file I've just junked?
Apple
edited fur spolling
[Edited by Apple - 7/23/2003 12:18:10 AM]
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23 July 2003, 12:32 AM
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Thanks for the quick answers - I'm trying to contact the people on the distribution list I was on to try and stop them forwarding it...
looks like it could be one of the things that just clog up the servers as everybody has the "Oh, sh*t" reaction
All the best
Apple
looks like it could be one of the things that just clog up the servers as everybody has the "Oh, sh*t" reaction
All the best
Apple
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23 July 2003, 01:28 AM
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Good move trying to stop it being redistributed. This is about as close as you'll get to the computer version of a SIAL. This hoax has been around a good four years, probably longer.
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