jdbgmgr virus or hoax?

[Matt]

Just received an e-mail from a friend about a virus with
filename "jdbgmgr". It has a teddybear icon associated
with it, and is on my 5-day-old laptop. My antivirus
software (Norton) didn't indicate it as a virus, so I'm
just trying to figure out if I need to get rid of this
file, or is this some hoax that someone's trying to
pull? Thanks in advance,
-Matt

 

[Lester Horwinkle]

Hoax. This one is about a year old.

And you don't need that file at all.

 

[denis]

I believe it is a hoax--I have an earlier posting asking
same question as I deleted before I heard it was a hoax
and now I am trying to find out what the ap does. If you
hear let me know...

 

[Larry Samuels MS-MVP XP \(Shell/User\)]

That is a well known hoax--the file in question is the java debug manager.
Don't delete the file.
If you later receive a "clean" copy of the file by email--that is the virus.
It is a common method of distributing several backdoor trojans.

If you did delete the file,don't worry about it. You won't need it unless
you write and debug code.
--
Larry Samuels MS-MVP (Windows-Shell/User)
Associate Expert
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