unknown file(possible virus)

[John]

Is the file jdbg.exe(with teddy bear icon) a windows xp
file or a java file that is part of the system or is it a
foreign file? I received an email from Gibbs & Associates
stating that I should remove this file because it is a
virus carrier! Can anyone confirm one way or another
whether this file is a problem?

[randwulf57]

John:
"jdbgmgr.exe file hoax"
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/jdbgmgr.exe.file.hoax.html
"Virus Hoax: Microsoft Debugger Registrar for Java (Jdbgmgr.exe) Is Not a
Virus"
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;322993
randwulf57

"John" > wrote in message
...
> Is the file jdbg.exe(with teddy bear icon) a windows xp
> file or a java file that is part of the system or is it a
> foreign file? I received an email from Gibbs & Associates
> stating that I should remove this file because it is a
> virus carrier! Can anyone confirm one way or another
> whether this file is a problem?

[Ken Blake]

In ,
John > typed:

> Is the file jdbg.exe(with teddy bear icon) a windows xp
> file or a java file that is part of the system or is it a
> foreign file? I received an email from Gibbs & Associates
> stating that I should remove this file because it is a
> virus carrier! Can anyone confirm one way or another
> whether this file is a problem?


It's jdbgmgr.exe, not jdbg.exe, and it's part of Windows. The
message you got is an old and well-known hoax. Do not delete the
file.

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Ken Blake
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