Guys,

I received this virus warning in my email today, and before I send it to everyone on my email list, I want to make sure this is for real.
(People have this bad habit of sending false information over the internet because they have nothing better to do)

Now, I followed the directions of the email below, and I did find 2 of the indicated files, and have deleted them.

Is the listed file name really a virus? If this is for real, then that's good, I would hate to send this to people and have them delete important files.

Here is the email, let me know if you guys think this is for real.

Thanks
Habibi


"Hi everyone - a thousand apologies, but my computer has been infected with a virus, which I found & eradicated, but it has probably also infected your computer.

PLEASE FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW TO CLEAR IT IMMEDIATELY!

I followed the instructions below and eradicated the virus easily. The virus (called jdbgmgr.exe) is not detected by Norton or Macafee anti-virus system. This virus sits quietly for 14 days before damaging the system. It is sent automatically by messenger and the address book, whether or not you send emails to your contacts.

Here's how to check for the virus and get rid of it:

1. Go to start, Find or Search option
2. In the file/folders option, type the name: jdbgmgr.exe
3. Be sure you search your C-drive and all the sub-folders and any other drives you may have.
4. Click: "Find now"
5. The virus has a gray teddy bear icon with the name jdbgmgr.exe- DO NOT OPEN IT
6. Go to edit (on the menu bar) and 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 the recycle bin.
8. Go to the Recycle Bin and delete it there as well.

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.

To do this:

1. Open a new email message
2. Click the icon of the address book next to the "To"
3. Highlight every name and add to "BCC"
4. Copy this message, enter subject and paste to email, and send.
Remember you have to do this very quickly"

 

I don't know if it is real or not, but it makes me glad to have a Mac!

 

This virus warning is a hoax. It has been around for a while and encourages you to delete .exe files which are normally not associated with a virus but instead are the executable files that contain the instructions that run your computer.

Run a virus scan with updated software and then delete this email.

 

Damn! I deleted the 2 files already.

If I use "System restore" that should put things back right? Anyone?

I was under the impression Windows XP didnt allow you to delete required files anyway.

I'm glad I posted this here before I sent it out.
Everytime someone sends me something, I look at it with great suspicain.

Why must people be such aholes?

Habibi

 

Chances are the files will restore themselves when you restart.

 

yea thats a hoax,dont worryabout it though, if the files arent back when you re-boot then they'll come back eventually (not sure of system restore will bring them back). you'll be ok though

 

(Being an ***)

I just don't seem to have any problems with that.....

(OK, done being and *** now.)

 

It's a hoax. The file is the Microsoft Debugger Register for Java. The file is realy not neccessary unless you use Microsoft Visual J++ 1.1 to develop Java programs. I have seen this one before is how I know. You can restore it but I'm not sure how. You kind find all kinds of info on symantic or mcaffee's websites about hoax's.

 

Tag me!!Tag me!!

Imonamactoo

NA NA NANANA.....

 

NEVER EVER delete anything from your computer unless you know what the program/file does!!!!

People send out these emails/hoaxes all the time...and people end up following the directions and then ruining your computer.

My mom did this a few months back..and I could have KILLED her!!! She ended up having to pay a computer guy a lot of $$ to have those important files loaded back on. She was out of a computer for awhile...and it wasn't fun. She also didn't have a backup of her system, and lost everything! So PLEASE....be very very careful!!!

Another email hoax are the messages that some company is going to pay everyone that responds and forwards that email either $$ or gift certificates, etc.....this is just a scam to get your email address and use it to send you SPAM!!!

 

go to norton's or mcafee's web site and do a search for the 'virus' whenever you get a warning. Most of the warnings are fake.

 

WT -

I thought I'd be the only one!

 

One neva knows, do one???

 

http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/ven...file.hoax.html

 

Don't feel bad Habibi. We got that e-mail at work from someone who works there. He sent it to everyone in the whole damn building. Before the computer geeks could fire off an e-mail telling people to NOT DELETE anything 30 people had done so...

Hey thats why they pay them computer geeks so much money to run around stressing for...

Oh, and no I did not delete the file, I had seen that scam before. It's the only way to learn sometimes is to get a "little" burn. Look on the bright side you didn't get your system fried...