A virus has been passed to me by a contact in my address book. My address book has in turn been affected. Since you are in my address book there is a good chance you will find it in your computer, too. I followed the directions below and eradicated the virus easily.
The virus (called jdbgmgr.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 the address book whether or not you sent e-mails to your contacts. Here is how you check for the virus and get rid of it.
1. Go to your start menu on your desktop and click on 'find'
2. In the files/folders option, type the name: jdbgmgr.exe
3. Be sure to search your c: drive and all the subfolders 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 the edit (on the menu bar), choose 'select all' to highlight the
file without opening it
7. Now go to the file (on the menu bar), and select delete. It will then
go to the recycle bin.
8. Delete it permanently from the recycle bin!
IF YOU FIND THE VIRUS, YOU MUST CONTACT ALL THE PEOPLE IN YOUR ADDRESS BOOK SO THEY CAN ERADICATE IT IN THEIR OWN ADDRESS BOOKS.
What do you think? I did a search for this file, and I did indeed find it on my HD. Is this some new virus, or just some scam? I'd like to know BEFORE I go deleting this file(s).
Edit:
Having checked the folder locations of this file (found in 3 seperate places on my HD), I've found it resides the OS system folders. Namely -
C:\WINNT\system32, C:\WINNT\system32\dllcache, and C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM (for Windows 2000 / Windows Me, respectively). My guess? This is some scam thought up to act like a virus, forcing people to damage their OS by removing a harmless file. Since I don't run Me on my computer (and haven't for quite some time), the file found in my WINDOWS\SYSTEM folder is from a backup of my HD. Essentially, that tells me the file has been there for many MONTHS, and I have not had any problems whatsoever. My gut tells me this is a scam, but I'd like to know other people's opinions / experiences. And, if it IS in fact a scam, warn fellow friends / Diablo community members about this scam.
Edit 2:
Yup. It's a hoax. Apparently an old one, too. The file (jdbgmgr.exe) is a file associated with the Java Runtime Environment (JRE). As I had suspected, deleting this file will cause some problems, although I doubt they can't be fixed by reinstalling the JRE. So, to anyone who recieves an e-mail concerning this, delete the e-mail and warn the sender of this hoax. And pelase, don't do as the e-mail says. ;)
The virus (called jdbgmgr.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 the address book whether or not you sent e-mails to your contacts. Here is how you check for the virus and get rid of it.
1. Go to your start menu on your desktop and click on 'find'
2. In the files/folders option, type the name: jdbgmgr.exe
3. Be sure to search your c: drive and all the subfolders 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 the edit (on the menu bar), choose 'select all' to highlight the
file without opening it
7. Now go to the file (on the menu bar), and select delete. It will then
go to the recycle bin.
8. Delete it permanently from the recycle bin!
IF YOU FIND THE VIRUS, YOU MUST CONTACT ALL THE PEOPLE IN YOUR ADDRESS BOOK SO THEY CAN ERADICATE IT IN THEIR OWN ADDRESS BOOKS.
What do you think? I did a search for this file, and I did indeed find it on my HD. Is this some new virus, or just some scam? I'd like to know BEFORE I go deleting this file(s).
Edit:
Having checked the folder locations of this file (found in 3 seperate places on my HD), I've found it resides the OS system folders. Namely -
C:\WINNT\system32, C:\WINNT\system32\dllcache, and C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM (for Windows 2000 / Windows Me, respectively). My guess? This is some scam thought up to act like a virus, forcing people to damage their OS by removing a harmless file. Since I don't run Me on my computer (and haven't for quite some time), the file found in my WINDOWS\SYSTEM folder is from a backup of my HD. Essentially, that tells me the file has been there for many MONTHS, and I have not had any problems whatsoever. My gut tells me this is a scam, but I'd like to know other people's opinions / experiences. And, if it IS in fact a scam, warn fellow friends / Diablo community members about this scam.
Edit 2:
Yup. It's a hoax. Apparently an old one, too. The file (jdbgmgr.exe) is a file associated with the Java Runtime Environment (JRE). As I had suspected, deleting this file will cause some problems, although I doubt they can't be fixed by reinstalling the JRE. So, to anyone who recieves an e-mail concerning this, delete the e-mail and warn the sender of this hoax. And pelase, don't do as the e-mail says. ;)
Roland *The Gunslinger*
