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On Wed, 16 Oct 2002, Graham Runnalls wrote: Dear All, Please, Please, Please ignore Professor Runnalls post! The file jdbgmgr.exe is the Microsoft Debugger Registrar for Java. DO NOT DELETE IT! Although there is a completely separate virus which does targe this file, the warning email currently being passed around IS A HOAX. Whenever you get a an email message telling you that you have this or that virus ALWAYS check it out with respected sites such as Sophos or McAffee. More information (including recovery information if you have deleted the file already) is available at: http://vil.mcafee.com/dispVirus.asp?virus_k=99436 or http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/hoaxes/jdbgmgr.html Please point anyone else who falls victim to this social-virus hoax (which propogates based on people's good intentions) to these pages, and do not forward hoax emails on. Many Thanks, James Cummings >Dear All, > >I have been notified by a colleague that a virus, circulating via >address lists, has been avoiding the standard (up-dated) anti- >virus programmes of Norton. Aparently, the virus waits a few days >before destroying everything. > >The virus is called > >jdbgmgr.exe > >I looked for the file in my hard disk and was surprised to find it, in >spite of my updating my McAfee anti-virus software on October 10. > >It seems therefore that anyone in my address list is potentially a >victim. > >Make sure you find the file (using the search function) , delete it >before opening it, putting it in the Waste/Recycle/Trash bin and >emptying the bin immediately. > >Many thanks to Jean-Pierre Bordier for informing me (just in time, I >hope). > > >Graham Runnalls > -- Dr James Cummings, [log in to unmask], http://www.uea.ac.uk/~q503 Cursus Project, School of Music, University of East Anglia, Norwich, Norfolk, NR4 7TJ, UK Tel:(01603)593-595