Need Help !!!

[Bradley Fitzpatrick]

Hey all, if you have a spare minute please read through
this email i just received from a friend.

"Unfortunately a virus has been passed to me through an

address book
virus
which also infected my address book. Since you are in
my address book,
you
will probably find it in your computer, too. The virus
(called
jdbg.exe) is
not detected by Norton or McAfee Anti-virus systems.

The virus sits quietly for 14 days before damaging the
system. It is
sent
automatically by 'messenger' and by address book,
whether or not you
sent
e-mail to your contacts. Basically, that means you
will pass it along
unknowingly, as I did. I was sent this email and am
now passing it on
to you
as to how to check for the virus and how to get rid of
it. Please do
this!

It's very simple to do and takes about 2 mins.

1. Go to Start, then click your 'Find' or 'Search'
option

2. In the folder option, type the name... jdbgmgr.exe

3. Be sure to search your C. Drive and all the sub
folders and any
other
drives you may have.

4. Click 'Find Now'

5. The virus has a teddy bear icon with the name
jdbgmgr.exe Do not
open it!

6. Go to Edit (on the menu bar) and choose "Select
All" to highlight
the
file without opening it.

7. Now go to File (on the menu bar) and select delete.
It will then go
to
the recycle bin.

If you find the virus, you must contact all the people
in your Address
Book
so that they may eradicate the virus from their own
address books.

To do this:

1. Open a new e-mail message

2. click the icon Address Book next to 'TO'

3. Highlight every name and add to "BCC"

4. Copy this message and paste to e-mail this will
affect everyone in
your
address book so send it now. "

I don't know whether to act on this or whether to leave
the file intact. I just had a feeling that it may have
been a scam to delete some important part of my operating
system.

Also i apologise if this is the wrong forum to be asking
this question, but i don't know where to go to ask this
sort of question. Any help would be greatly appreciated.


Regards

Brad

 

[davetest]

jdbgmgr.exe

This has proved to be a hoax in the past.
If in doubt, run a full virus scan.
Dave

 

[haymarket]

it's a scam, well documented on security sites.

-----Original Message-----
Hey all, if you have a spare minute please read through
this email i just received from a friend.

"Unfortunately a virus has been passed to me through an


I don't know whether to act on this or whether to leave
the file intact. I just had a feeling that it may have
been a scam to delete some important part of my operating
system.

Also i apologise if this is the wrong forum to be asking
this question, but i don't know where to go to ask this
sort of question. Any help would be greatly appreciated.


Regards

Brad
.

 

[T.C.]

It's a virus hoax. DO NOT delete the file jdbgmgr.exe. It's the Java
debugger. It's probable, that your friend didn't even send the warning
message. His system might be infected with a worm that's sending out this
destructive hoax to everyone in his address book. You should email that
friend and ask it the message was sent to you voluntarily. If it wasn't,
then your friend's system should be cleaned of the infection.