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This is a 'hoax' virus warning.  JDBGMGR.EXE is the Microsoft Debugger
Registrar for Java.  See link
http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_99436.htm

If you already sent it to your trash can, take it out and put it back in the
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM where it came from.

Hope I saved a lot of headache.

Greg

----- Original Message -----
From: "Virginia Christiansen" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 9:26 PM
Subject: virus warning from Virginia - I found it in my computer


> I am copying below an e-mail I got.  I did find the virus and got rid of
it.
> I hope you don't have it, but better check than be sorry.
>
>
>
> Hello Everyone (from Janet & son Bill)
>
>          There are some addresses from my old,expired address file, that
may
> not have tranferred to my new address file. So I will try to send this
from my
> EXPIRED address (<A
HREF="mailto:[log in to unmask]">[log in to unmask]</A>).
>
>          Please use my
>  NEW ADDRESS:  <A
HREF="mailto:[log in to unmask]">[log in to unmask]</A>.
Sorry if this part is a
> duplicate message, because my Sept. 1st group email has not sent yet
(cause: just 1
> invalid email).
>
>           Bill's new email address is : <A
HREF="mailto:[log in to unmask]">[log in to unmask]</A>.
> But his old hotmail address had not yet been deleted, and may still accept
> emails for a time.
>
>          Our cousin-in-law Marge Silver sent me (Janet) an email August
30th,
> which I just opened, warning me that my computer may be infected with an
> especially dangerous virus that completely escapes detection by both
Norton and
> Mc-Affey* antivirus systems, called: "jdbgmgr.exe" with a teddy bear icon.
> (*Everyone spells it differently, but a computer salesman dictated
"Mc-Affey" to
> me.)  It may attack everyone in our email address books, even with no
email
> communication, and in turn, attack the address books of all our contacts.
> Instructions are here to check for and remove the virus, which Bill found
in one
> of our files (Hard Drive C), and successfully deleted without opening.
> However, we, and in turn, you, should be able to avoid the damage, which
takes 14
> days to take effect.  But you must check for the virus first, then notify
> everyone in your address book, with a NEW email (NOT forwarded).  We're
still such
> novices, that we're not sure how to copy and paste Marge's email to ours,
so
> we're retyping her email, with a few key words we've highlighted in bold,
red
> letters.  Marge is quoted below:
>
> "Sorry to give you this bad news.  My computer was infected with a virus.
My
> address book WAS infected.  Since you are in my address book, there is a
good
> chance you will find it in your computer, too.  The virus is NOT detected
by
> Norton or Mc-Affey antivirus systems.  It sits quietly for 14 days before
> damaging the system.  It is sent automatically by messenger and by the
address
> book, whether or not you sent email to your contacts.
>
> Here is how to check for the virus and how to get rid of it:
>
> 1.  Go to START, select SEARCH or FIND.
>
> 2.  In the file folder option, type the name of the virus:   jdbgmgr.exe
>
> 3.  Be sure to check your C drive and all subfolders and any other drives
you
> may have.
>
> 4.  Click "Find Now"
>
> 5.  The virus has a teddy bear icon, with the name above:  jdbgmgr.exe.
DO
> NOT OPEN IT!
>
> 6.  Go to EDIT (on the menu bar above) and choose SELECT ALL to highlight
the
> file without opening it.
>
> 7.  Now go to FILE (also on the menu bar) and select DELETE.  The virus
will
> then go to the recycle bin.
>
> 8.  If you find the virus, YOU MUST CONTACT ALL THE PEOPLE IN YOUR ADDRESS
> BOOK WITH THIS MESSAGE.
>
> 9.  To do this:
>
> A)  Open a new email message.
>
> B)  Click the icon of the address book next to the "TO"
>
> C)  Highlight every name in the address book and add to "BCC" (blind
copy).
>
> D)  Copy this message and paste email and send.
>
>       Sorry for the inconvenience!!!!"
>
>                               (END of Marge's email message)
>
>
>
> Virginia Christiansen
> [log in to unmask]
> Rochester, MN
>
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