| Forum Home | ||||
| Press F1 | ||||
| Thread ID: 19882 | 2002-05-24 22:53:00 | New Virus ? | Guest (0) | Press F1 |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 50611 | 2002-05-24 22:53:00 | Concerning the message below, that I just had from a friend. I did as he suggested and found the file on my machine. Seems to have been there since February. I had never seen it before and so had never opened and run the file. Does any know anyhting about it? I run Norton Internmet Security 2002 which includes a firewall and freqnetly updated AV programme. The warning message: 'Messages about viruses are usually known as 'hoax' and I am not used to forward them. However, it seems that there is a new virus active that seems to be not known by virus scanners or ZoneAlarm(Pro). It seems that the virus sleeps for 14 days, and then sends virus-containing messages to people from an address book, choosing a 'sender' by chance from the same address book, and starts to damage the computer. It's well known that MS Outlook (Express) send most of the viruses, and it is in this programme that I found it. The name of the virus is < jdbgmgr.exe > and it is in C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\. Go to START>Find>paste in jdbgmgr.exe > Highlight if it is found and delete. Then empty recycling bin. Then please let your friends that are on your address book know that they should check for the virus. You can find it by the search option. It has a little bear as an icon. Do not open it, but delete it and empty your waste basket. Indeed, it was here in the computer and I have deleted it now.' |
Guest (0) | ||
| 50612 | 2002-05-24 23:10:00 | IGNORE IT!! securityresponse.symantec.com |
Guest (0) | ||
| 50613 | 2002-05-24 23:12:00 | Its a hoax. Do NOT delete the file your system needs it fo java script. My advice is if you receive ANY emails warning of new viruses etc go to the symantec site www.symantec.com and have a browse through there. They have a very good listing of hoax and joke viruses. Good on you for checking first before deleting the file and I suggest you inform your friend that they check to see if the warning is valid first before sendibg the email to everyone...thats the only way to stop these emails from spreading. | Guest (0) | ||
| 50614 | 2002-05-24 23:12:00 | Bil, I hate to tell you, but, that message you have received is a hoax. jdbgmgr.exe is legitimate Windows file installed when you install Windows. The file in short is a Java Debugger Manager, and needed by some java applets to run. Checkout support.microsoft.com to see how to restore the file. Jess |
Guest (0) | ||
| 50615 | 2002-05-24 23:18:00 | Bil, You did well to check (hopefully) before deleting that file. This is another known virus hoax. If it were a virus, your virus checker would have picked it up. Trust your virus checker, it does work! Typically if a virus is associated with a particular filename, then the virus checker will see it there, even if it doesn't know how to fix it. It'll tell you that its there, and possible ways of fixing it. To check up things like this, go to Norton Antivirus website, and search for hoaxes (a good way to do this is to type in maybe the email subject or key words from the email into the website search box). www.symantec.com is the place to start. Mike. |
Guest (0) | ||
| 50616 | 2002-05-25 01:46:00 | As everyone has said this is a hoax, but also spread by those stupid 'chain letters' that irritated me in a posting down the page. Now you see why I was rude :) |
Guest (0) | ||
| 50617 | 2002-05-25 05:02:00 | Many thanks to all who responded - a stitch in time! I guess I took this more seriously because I know the sender and he had penned a personal note rather than simply sending on one of the chain letter variety. Thanks... |
Guest (0) | ||
| 1 | |||||