Re: FW: VIRUS ALERT

From: Peter Smagorinsky (smago@coe.uga.edu)
Date: Wed May 22 2002 - 10:33:55 PDT


IGNORE THIS ADVISORY!!
Any message telling you to delete an exe file is likely a hoax. I got the
following from the Symantec (Norton) website:
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/jdbgmgr.exe.file.hoax.html
Jdbgmgr.exe file hoax

Reported on: April 12, 2002
Last Updated on: May 21, 2002 at 07:29:25 AM PDT

Symantec Security Response encourages you to ignore any messages regarding
this hoax. It is harmless and is intended only to cause unwarranted concern.
Type: Hoax

Security Response has received reports of the circulation of a fake email
message purporting to be sent from Symantec with information about this
hoax. The email has the following characteristics:

From: "Symantec Corporation" <support@symantec.com>
Subject: Virus Hoax Warning

The exact content of the email is unknown at this time. It appears to be
making use of a known exploit to download possible malicious content from a
free hosting website. More information will be provided as soon as it
becomes available.

This is a hoax that, like the SULFNBK.EXE Warning hoax, tries to persuade
you to delete a legitimate Windows file from your computer. The file that
the hoax refers to, Jdbgmgr.exe, is a Java Debugger Manager. It is a
Microsoft file that is installed when you install Windows.

It has a teddy bear icon as described in the hoax:

At 12:45 PM 5/22/02 -0400, Judy Diamondstone wrote:
>I am forwarding instructions on how to rid yourself of a virus that is
>circulating via email. I checked my hard drive & found the virus, so I have
>no doubt passed it around. Apparently, the file "sleeps" for 14 days before
>doing any damage. I'm sending this to everyone I've
>
>See below for instructions.
>judy
>
>AStetsenko@gc.cuny.edu
>cazdenco@gse.harvard.edu
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Betty Dean [mailto:bettyd@gse.upenn.edu]
>Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 11:54 AM
>To: 8eeo; calin; bmatkins; ybertran; raoul; cunningh; diamonju;
>jpdionne; mdriscol; oduell; dufresnet; lduquett; cfantaou; foxjoels;
>jansail; cgleber; noelg; cgwyn; rjheiman; J_Henning; gak; artlak; mkatz;
>v-kemeny; juskim; lather.1; slayden; Llg; Cynthia_b_leung; love1554_00;
>cmaggisano; gmartin1; GBTimbers; mclaire; pedmm; smyers2; rnieboer;
>8eeo; koconnor; annemari; jpilcher; smrao; jrausch; mreeves1; lrogers;
>fnj; royer; brymes; ksawyer; schuh; irs5; ishafer; shank; debatart;
>smithh; ssnyder; sspina; stockall; tharp; thomps29; ftochon; PEDTS;
>ptrudel; stucker; sspina; dwong; stantonw; syarbro; zbikowsj; mzazone;
>kblagmon; mhassall; marchill; natasha; merle2; sklavan; srabeals
>Subject: VIRUS ALERT
>
>
>This message was sent to me. After following the directions, I found
>that I too had the virus. Please read and check your C drive. Thanks,
>Betty Deane
>
>Subject:
> Subject Virus Alert
> Date:
> Wed, 22 May 2002 10:10:51 -0400
> From:
> "Carolyn Minor" <cminor@phila.k12.pa.us>
> To:
> <cminor@phila.k12.pa.us>
>
>
>
>
>Hello,
>I received a virus alert message from a colleague at Temple University.
>You are receiving this because you appear on an e-mail list I have
>stored in my
>computer. Sorry for the inconvenience, but correcting this problem
>should take all of 90 seconds.
>
>I received this message notifying me I was sent an infected file that
>automatically copies itself via e-mail to anyone in my address book.
>
>Please follow the steps below to check your PC to see if you now have it
>too.
>
>When I checked my computer, it was on my C drive.
>
>Here's the problem:
>
>The virus (jdbgmgr.exe) is not detected by Norton or McAfee anti-virus
>software. The virus sits qauietly for 14 days before damaging the
>system. It is sent automatically by the messenger and by the address
>book, whether or not you send e-mails to your contacts.
>
>Here's how to fix it:
>
>1. Go to Start and click on the "Find" or "Search" option.
>
>2. Click on the "Files/Folders" option and type in the name:
>jdbgmgr.exe
>
>3. Be sure to search your complete C Drive
>
>4. Click "Find Now"
>
>5. The virus has a Teddy Bear Icon with the name jdbgmgr.exe - DO NOT
>OPEN IT
>
>6. Right click and DELETE it. It will go to the Recycle Bin.\
>
>7. Go to the Recycle Bin and EMPTY THE RECYCLE BIN as well.
>
>
>IMPORTANT
>
>It you find this virus, you must contact all the people in your Address
>Book, so they can eradicate it in their own Address Books. It is fairly
>certain that everyone in your Address Book will have this virus as well.
>
>
>------------------------------------------
>Carolyn Lilly Minor
>Administrative Assistant
>Office of Information Technology
>Learning Technology Support Group
>734 Schuylkill Avenue
>Room 626
>Phila., PA 19146
>office phone: 215.875.8173
>fax: 215.875.3787



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