Here is part of a message I received from my sister in England this morning
about an an alleged virus. The writing style and tone are rather strange which
makes me think that the message is fake but better safe than sorry.
I wonder if someone could check their system and see is the jdbgmgr.exe file is
on their system. I found this file in my c:\windows\systems subdirectory, it is
15120 bytes large, is dated 01/12/01 and in Windows Explorer has a teddy bear
icon which is strange.
Today .... 5 May .... is 14 days after 21 April mentioned in the message.
Is there any opinion whether this jdbgmgr.exe file is a virus / problem or
whether the original message from my sister is a hoax?
Thanks
John Hudson
Hello everybody. We have just received the following ... and she was right - we
did have it - and we have got problems. We are not techie, but the instructions
here did find the guilty file and delete it . Repairing may be something else.
If you ARE techie, an internet search for bugbear will find you Symantec's very
complicated help!
Here is what we got:
I am sorry, but by virtue of being on someones address book, I have been
infected, to-day Monday 21st April, by a Virus that does not appear to be
detected by
the anti-virus systems.
The Virus is BUGBEAR (called jdbgmgr.exe). The Virus sits quietly for 14 days
before affecting the system.It is sent automatically by messenger and by the
Address Book whether or not you sent e-mails to everyone
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