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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 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 |
it's a java applet, it should be on your pc not system critical though :)
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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 edited fur spolling [Edited by Apple - 7/23/2003 12:18:10 AM] |
It is a hoax for some reason hotmail starts these hoaxes had the same about 2 months ago. The file is a ligitimate windows file
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Don't sweat it Apple, not likely you'll need the file and don't forward the email let it die.
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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 |
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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