This info may save you an hour of valuable time

I'm passing on this info to you because I don't want you guys to repeat my mistake. I had wasted an hour of my time because I almost fell for the JdbgMgr Hoax.

This morning I received an email from a trusted poster who wrote:

I found a virus called "jdbgmgr.exe" that was sent to me. The virus
subsequently attached itself to everyone in my address book, even if no one
from that book has sent me an e-mail. I am therefore sending this warning to
all the people in my e-mail address book.

Please check your computer and delete this virus:

1. Go to Start, then Find.
2. In Find Files type jdbgmgr.exe in your C drive
3. The virus has a teddy bear icon - DO NOT OPEN IT!
4. Right click and delete it from the C Folder, and then go to the Recycle
bin and delete it from there too.

If you found the virus in your computer, you must notify everyone in your
address book!

Since I trusted this poster very much, so I had almost done what he told me. I searched thru my 3 different computers & found the same file in each of them. Just before deleting those files, I felt I needed a 2nd opinion about the files. Luckily I was able to find this info in this link:

http://www.europe.f-secure.com/hoaxes/jdbgmgr.shtml

After reading the above, I realized it's nothing but a hoax. It's so real that even my trusted poster fell for it & emailed me the false warning. So when you do receive the warning from your trusted poster, don't deleted the file unless it's infected as mentioned in the above link.

Regards
D

I received the same e-mail.

Since I use a Linux system for all my e-mail, I wasn't too concerned. :-)

However, it only took me a few seconds over at the Symantec (makers of Norton Anti-virus) website to find the following link:

http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/jdbgmgr.exe.file.hoax.html

Anyone receiving any e-mail concerning a virus should check with one of the anti-virus software manufacturers (Symantec, McAfee, Panda, etc) before sending it out to everyone in their address book.

BTW, the file in question is a legitimate windows file. It is a Java debugging tool, so I doubt that most of you will miss it. :-)

I have seen circulated advising you if you have a certain .dll file on your drive, you are infected, and should delete the file.

The .dll file it names is a legit part of the windows operating system that handles long file names. If you delete it, you will be unable to access any files on your drive with file names longer than 32 characters.