jdbgm.exe

[bonnie]

i have recieved 2 e-mails in the last week that says this
folder name with a teddybear icon is a virus and should
be deleted unopened butit is within microsoft files and
folders and my older pc with 98 has the same folder so is
it a bug or virus or a needed info file for windows?

 

[Mike Brannigan [MSFT]]

see
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;322993

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[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Hi - this is an ancient hoax. Tell whomever sent you these emails that they
really ought to check their facts before unknowingly panicking people...

http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/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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