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152262 2003-06-13 06:14:00 I have received an e-mail telling me with great authority that I may have a virus in the form of a file "jdbgmgr.exe" , and if so to delete it.

I have this file in my Windows\system32 folder. It purports to be a Microsoft Debugger Register .

I suspect the real virus is the e-mail telling me to delete a perfectly good programme. Interestingly however the file is shown as being created 28/4/03 and last modified 28/2/03.

Any knowledgeable comments?

TFYH

Graham Bockett
GrahamB (750)
152263 2003-06-13 06:21:00 You are very correct to suspect the email is a hoax. Do a search on jdbgmgr.exe with google and you will see what I mean.

Well done for asking questions first rather than after deleting an innocent file. :)
Jen C (20)
152264 2003-06-13 06:21:00 This is a well known hoax, don't delete the file as it is part of your system gerrypics (323)
152265 2003-06-13 06:26:00 I forgot to mention that you should contact the sender of that email so they can then retract any other emails sent out to friends/family etc before they are acted on.

You could include this link as well:
Jdbgmgr.exe file hoax (www.symantec.com)

Jen
Jen C (20)
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