is this a real virus or a hoax?

[Phil]

I recieved this in my e-mail. jdbgmgr.exe and was told it
was a undetectable virus. Whats up.


Phil

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

This is a very old hoax. If your antivirus software is current
and detects nothing, you're 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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"Phil" > wrote in message
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> I recieved this in my e-mail. jdbgmgr.exe and was told it
> was a undetectable virus. Whats up.
>
>
> Phil

[Will Denny]

Hi

It's a hoax:

"Virus Hoax: Microsoft Debugger Registrar for Java (Jdbgmgr.exe) Is Not =
a Virus"
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=3Dkb;en-us;322993

Will

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Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
Version: 6.0.514 / Virus Database: 312 - Release Date: 28/08/2003

[Terry Wise]

"Phil" > wrote in message
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> I recieved this in my e-mail. jdbgmgr.exe and was told it
> was a undetectable virus. Whats up.
>
> Phil

Whenever I get one of these virus warnings in my email, I do a quick google
on the name of the virus, and almost always find out it's a hoax.

You can also go to Symantec's or McAfee's websites, or Hoaxbusters at
http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/
VMyths at http://www.vmyths.com/ (among other places).

[Nicholas]

Virus Hoax: Microsoft Debugger Registrar for Java (Jdbgmgr.exe) Is Not a =
Virus
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=3Dkb;en-us;Q322993

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

Please take a moment to read the following article:

Information on Bogus Microsoft Security Bulletin E-mails
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=3D/technet/secu=
rity/news/patch_hoax.asp


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Nicholas

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"Phil" > wrote in message:
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| I recieved this in my e-mail. jdbgmgr.exe and was told it=20
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[Phil]

>-----Original Message-----
>Greetings --
>
> This is a very old hoax. If your antivirus software
is current
>and detects nothing, you're 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.fi
le.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
>
>--
>Help us help you:
>http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
>You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't
ever count on
>having both at once. -- RAH
>
>
>"Phil" > wrote in message
...
>> I recieved this in my e-mail. jdbgmgr.exe and was told
it
>> was a undetectable virus. Whats up.
>>
>>
>> Phil
>
>
>.Thanks all.
>

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

You're welcome.

Bruce Chambers

--
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http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
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"Phil" > wrote in message
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>
Thanks all.
> >

[Patrick]

Phil wrote:
> I recieved this in my e-mail. jdbgmgr.exe and was told it
> was a undetectable virus. Whats up.
>
>
> Phil

I've got £5,000,000,000 in a secret stach, the stach of course is quite
undetectable. :)

It's a hoax (has been since the teddybears picnic !)

[Larry Samuels MS-MVP XP \(Shell/User\)]

That is a well known hoax--the file in question is the java debug manager.
Don't delete the file.
If you later receive a "clean" copy of the file by email--that is the virus.
It is a common method of distributing several backdoor trojans.

--
Larry Samuels MS-MVP (Windows-Shell/User)
Associate Expert
Unofficial FAQ for Windows Server 2003 at
http://home.earthlink.net/~larrysamuels/WS2003FAQ.htm
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone

"Phil" > wrote in message
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> I recieved this in my e-mail. jdbgmgr.exe and was told it
> was a undetectable virus. Whats up.
>
>
> Phil

[Alex Nichol]

Phil wrote:

>I recieved this in my e-mail. jdbgmgr.exe and was told it=20
>was a undetectable virus. Whats up. =20

It is a hoax (rather old by now) trying to get you to delete the file -
and then waste a lot of time trying to get a replacement, because it is
one you almost certainly do not need.

But beware - a genuine virus is taking advantage of knowledge of he
hoax, it uses an almost identical name, but the icon is a screwdriver
instead of a teddy bear - delete a screwdriver file of such a name if
you spot one


--=20
Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
Bournemouth, U.K.