Re: virus-jdbgmgr.exe

From: Larry Samuels MS-MVP XP \(Shell/User\) (larry_at_mvps.org)
Date: 12/30/03 

Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 19:01:16 -0500

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. 

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Larry Samuels MS-MVP  (Windows-Shell/User)
Associate Expert
Unofficial FAQ for Windows Server 2003 at
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"mr ed" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:04eb01c3ce67$24fa6990$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> someone forwarded me an email saying that a virus named
> jdbgmgr.exe was in some earlier emails sent to me and
> shows supposedly how to get rid of it but is still on my
> pc. the file says to be microsoft but i have no idea my
> antivirus doesn't pick up any viruses. can somebody tell
> me if this file is supposed to be on my pc or not?

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