Is the "jdbg" virus real?

[Pebso]

Hello I have received an e-mail from a friend saying that he may have sent
me a virus as I am in his address book. According to him I must seek out
and destroy a file called "jdbgmgr.exe" which I have in my Windows/sytem 32
folder. As it wasn't picked up by AVG 7.0 is it really a virus or is the
e-mail warning a chain letter?

Any advice welcome please.

 

[Fred Hilton]

I believe that file is a part of XP operating system. It you delete it
something is not going to work properly.

 

[Guest]

the jdbg (Teddy bear ) is a hoax.It is smething to do with Javascript,so you probably would never use it,but don't remove it.

 

[randwulf57]

Pebso:
Most likely it is a hoax. Check this link...
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/jdbgmgr.htm

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

This is a very, very old hoax; one of the oldest currently in
circulation. If your antivirus software is current and detects
nothing, you're most likely safe. Do nothing with the named file,
delete the email, and tell whomever sent you the original message to
check their facts before spreading rumors.

Microsoft Debugger Registrar for Java Is Not a Virus
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q322993

Jdbgmgr.exe file Hoax
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/jdbgmgr.exe.file.hoax.html

It's important to remember that almost _any_ email virus warning
is a hoax, designed primarily to bog down email systems by having
well-meaning but uniformed people send out hundreds of otherwise
valueless email warnings. When you receive a warning like this, the
*first* thing you should do is check its veracity at one or more of
the following web sites:

Symantec Security Response - Hoax Page
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/hoax.html

F-Secure Security Information Center - Hoaxes
http://www.f-secure.com/virus-info/hoax/

Trend Micro Hoax Encyclopedia, alerts
http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/hoaxes/hoax.asp


Bruce Chambers
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[Pebso]

Thank you all for putting my mind at rest. I've told the person who sent me
the e-mail it was a hoax, and a very old one at that.

I'm glad I had the sense to post my question to this ng instead of doing
what the e-mail suggested.

Regards

Pebso