[jsfg_cinti] Re: jsfg_cinti Digest V2 #139

From: Bob Weaver <weaverrw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [jsfg_cinti] VIRUS WARNING -- hoax!

The file jdbgmgr is a standard windows component that is found in every
  windows installation. 

From Microsoft Product Support Services:
"There is a virus hoax that advises customers to delete a valid Windows
file that is named Jdbgmgr.exe....
This file (Jdbgmgr.exe) is the Microsoft Debugger Registrar for Java. If
you receive the e-mail message that is listed in the "More Information"
section of this article, delete the e-mail message and do not forward it
to others. Although this file may become infected with a virus, its
presence is not an indication of a virus infection. ... This is a hoax;
no prevention is required. 
Recovery
The Microsoft Debugger Registrar for Java (Jdbgmgr.exe) is only used by
Microsoft Visual J++ 1.1 developers.
If you follow the e-mail message instructions and delete this file, you
do not have to recover it unless you use Microsoft Visual J++ 1.1 to
develop Java programs on Windows XP, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 98 Second
Edition, Windows 98, or Windows 95." 

More Info:
Hoax Warnings

   NAME:
        jdbgmgr.exe virus hoax
   ALIAS:
        Teddy Bear hoax

  NOTE: On 21st of May 2002, a new virus using this hoax was found.
  The virus sends messages coming apparently from Symantec corporation
and contains a warning on the
  JDBGMGR hoax - plus a virus attached to it. 

  In April 2002 there appeared a hoax message concerning a new virus
that was reportedly discovered in
  Windows utility JDBGMGR.EXE. The jdbgmgr is a standard windows
component that is found in every
  windows installation, it is used as Java debugger manager in Microsoft
Java runtime engine. We checked
  several versions of this utility from Windows installations and found
nothing malicious in them. 

  Please ignore this hoax or anything similar warning about jdbgmgr.exe
and don't pass it on. 

  If you have deleted jdbgmgr.exe, please see Microsoft knowledgebase
article Q322993 for instructions how to
  restore your system:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q322993 

  Please note that some e-mail worms (for example, Magistr) might
sometimes send an infected JDBGMGR.EXE
  in an e-mail attachment, but this infection is caused by Magistr not
JDBGMGR by itself. So the bottom line is, if
  you receive JDBGMGR.EXE or any other windows component by email, it is
most probably a file infected by a
  virus. If you find JDBGMGR.EXE from your system directory, it is most
probably a clean file. 



> Pam Gramke <gramke@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Subject: [jsfg_cinti] VIRUS WARNING -- for real! 
> I RECEIVED A NOTICE ABOUT A VIRUS AND FOUNT IT ON MY COMPUTER.  THE
> VIRUS (CALLED jdbgmgr.exe)
> IS NOT DETECTABLE BY EITHER NORTON OR MCAFEE.  THIS VIRUS SITS DORMANT
> FOR 14 DAYS BEFORE DAMAGING THE SYSTEM.  IT IS SENT AUTOMATICALLY BY
> MESSENGER AND BY THE ADDRESS BOOK WHETHER OR NOT YOU SENT EMAILS TO YOUR
> CONTACTS.  SINCE YOU ARE IN 1 OR MORE OF MY E-MAIL ADDRESS BOOKS AND i
> FOUND THIS VIRUS ON MY COMPUTER,  YOU MAY NOW HAVE THIS VIRUS ON YOUR
> COMPUTER.  HERE IS HOW TO CHECK FOR THE VIRUS AND HOW TO GET RID OF IT:
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