jdbgm

[help me]

I just got an email about a virus that sits in your
address book called jdbgm
I discovered that I had it in both computers buut has an
Microsoft name tag on it. Anybody else have this?

 

[Wesley Vogel]

This is a known hoax email. As long as you are up to date on your virus
software, there is nothing
special or wrong with the jdbm files.

jdbgm.exe is used by Java programmers to find errors in their code.

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

See http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/jdbgmgr.htm

Tell the sender of this email to check their facts before spreading
rumors/causing panic!

 

[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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