Virus alert

[Chris_Stannard]

There is a new virus going the rounds which is not detected by Norton or McAfee.

It is spread through mailboxes you open your mailbox and it gets into your computer, reads your address book and sends itself to every one on it. You do not see an incoming email or any sign of it having arrived. I am told that it then lies dormant for fourteen days, but what it does before it becomes active I do not know.

To see if you have been infected do the following

Click on Start then Find and enter 'jdbgmgr.exe' in the file name without the ''of course.
If the file is on your computer it comes up with a teddy bear icon.
Right click on the fie and delete.
Empty your Recycle bin.

Hope this helps as it seems to be spreading like wildfire



Chris Stannard

 

[lyc]

Re: Virus alert do not delete

Do NOT delete any files it is a HOAX.

 

[rogerroger]

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/jdbgmgr.exe.file.hoax.html

Roger Holden
www.first-magnitude.co.uk

 

[Miker]

Thanks guys!

I was just about to contact Symantec, having wound back my files to before a dodgy looking E mail. Relieved that all is well.

 

[paul_lomax]

From symantec:

If you have deleted this file, restoration is optional. However, without it, some Java applets may not run correctly. This is not a critical system file.

To restore the file, follow the instructions in the Microsoft Knowledge Base article Virus Hoax: Microsoft Debugger Registrar for Java (Jdbgmgr.exe) Is Not a Virus (Q322993).

 

[Chris_Stannard]

Sorry guys if I have been had, the information came from a reliable and much more computer aware source than me.

Thanks anyway for your help.

Can anyone explain why a Java file would have a teddy bear icon on it?

Chris Stannard

 

[brian_neale]

Most hoax mails re viruses start out by claiming to have originated from Microsoft, Intel or IBM (these seem to be the favourites). Most people who receive them forward them immediately "just in case". I suspect that these hoax mails have wasted more CPU resources and disk space than most of the 57000 and something viruses recognised by the usual virus checkers. If you ever see a mail like this, check with Symantec, Sophos or one of the other reputable antivirus vendor's web sites before doing anything. There ain't a virus around that those guys do not get before the "friend of a friend" mail hits the streets. I work for a big IT company, and we still suffer from the secretaries and other non-IT people passing on these mails to their entire distribution lists rather before checking.

On the other hand, we sell lots of hard disks as well, so let all your friends know about this really bad virus that a friend whose sister's husband's mother who works at IBM told me about. And he knows all about computers, because he got grade E at IT GCSE.

 

[Chris_Stannard]

Thanks for the advice but in December I was hit by a virus which got past the checker. I eventually had to reformat my harddrive and start again, a very painful process. Also, via my address book several of my friends computers were infected.

I guess the experience made me more sensitive to the issue. And as I already explained the warning came to me from someone who knows far more about IT than I do as they worked in that area for years.

However point taken, and thanks for your help. I had guessed that hoaxes are just as damaging and timewasting as the real thing.

Chris Stannard

 

[brian_neale]

Sorry, Chris - looks like my post was a criticism of you - no such thing intended. Just heavy-handed humour, I'm afraid. I had to rebuild my son's machine a couple of weeks back, I believe because of virus activity, and it ain't fun, I agree.

 

[paul_lomax]

Virus killers only work if you update the virus list off the internet regularly..

Most you can set up to do this automatically when you go online.