Aliases: None known as at 18th. March 2004
Variants: None known as at 18th. March 2004
Date Added: Friday, 17th.May 2002
Further Information:
Origin: Not available
Length: Not available
Type: Hoax
SubType: E-mail
Risk Assessment: Low
Virus Hoax Coaxes Users to Delete Files
We have been receiving many messages from subscribers about a new alarming and dangerous virus hiding in a jdbgmgr.exe file. It is necessary to convince users that this type of virus does not actually exist, and we classify this as a virus hoax.
Warnings about the pseudo-virus began spreading towards the 15th. May, causing a real scare amongst users. As indicated in the message’s text concerning the "virus," it contains a jdbgmgr.exe file that is programmed to activate the destructive payload 14 days after it is received. As is typical when a virus hoax is making the rounds, it is reported that not one anti-virus program is able to detect this "virus"; therefore, the only means of ridding a computer of this threat is to erase the jdbgmgr.exe virus-carrying file.
Contrary to this report, the jdbgmgr.exe file is absolutely safe, and moreover is a part of the operating system included in the Windows delivery. The program is a Windows application. By deleting this file, a user causes a change in the system function as a whole, causing several operations on the computer to be rendered inoperable.
If you have deleted jdbgmgr.exe you can restore it as follows:
1.Download the updated Microsoft Virtual Machine from http://www.microsoft.com/java/vm/dl_vm40.htm
2. Follow the instructions on the Microsoft page for downloading and updating the Virtual Machine
If you have deleted JDBGMGR.EXE from your system, it can be restored
by installing the updated version of Microsft Virtual Machine or Internet
Explorer.
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