Virus Hoax - JDBGMGR.EXE

APCUG Director Peter Hess identified a Virus Hoax that is making the rounds. As well as portraying all the standard hoax features, (warns of a dire 'danger' then suggests that the receiver should send it onto all of their friends to minimize the damage that the 'virus' may cause) this E-mail hoax advises the user to delete the file JDBGMGR.EXE, which it states is a virus. For greater impact and added realism, this hoax even lists detailed instructions on how to remove this file from your computer.

JDBGMGR.EXE is a standard utility program (the Microsoft Debugger Registrar for Java) included with some versions of Windows and is normally installed in the 'system32' subdirectory of the WINNT directory. It has an icon in the form of a teddy bear that may lead users to be suspicious of it.

JDBGMGR.EXE has been observed included as an attachment in e-mail messages sent by the Win32.Magistr virus. Thus, if you receive a copy of JDBGMGR.EXE as an email attachment, that could well be an infected copy of the file and an indication that the sender is infected with Win32.Magistr.

So if you find JDBGMGR.EXE on your computer don't worry, it should be there, but don't accept any copy that someone might email you.

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Don Singleton, President
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