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>I think this is a "hoax" virus.
This is not good enough where a virus on your PC is concerned.
Many virus programmers will write his virus to take over an existing
Microsoft system file that is rarely if ever used. Microsoft includes
a free utility to scan your PC which will verify every system file to
be authentic. If an invalid system file is found, it will ask you to
install your system CD and the "Fake" file will be replaced.
Under Windows 98 and Win98-SE this free utility is called:
SFC.EXE
Go to Start + Run and enter SFC.EXE
This utility is easy to run. If you do an internet upgrade to your
system, then run SFC again to update its identifiers.
Newer versions of Windows "should" have a similar routine to scan
system files. Let us know what newer versions of Windows uses.
Grizz
--- In equismetastock@xxxx, "Roy Larsen" <rlarsen@xxxx> wrote:
> Keith, Jono
>
> I think this is a "hoax" virus. I was asked by a friend some months
ago to
> check out the same file after he had received a letter warning of
the
> "jdbgmgr.exe virus" from another friend. The letter had been in
circulation
> for some time and in my experience an update for Norton's to any
new virus
> threat is usually issued within 48 hours. Based on this and the
fact that
> both my PC's had different versions of the same file (Win 98 and
WinXP) I
> concluded that the "virus" was in fact a hoax. Presumably the file
has some
> legitimate use but the world doesn't fall in for those that have
deleted it
> as a precaution.
>
> Roy
>
> > My machine informs me that this file is a "Microsoft® Debugger
Registrar
> for
> > Java" - are you sure its a virus and please don't ask me what a
debugger
> is
> > :-) ???
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Jono
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: keithld@xxxx [mailto:keithld@x...]
> > Sent: Tuesday, 5 November 2002 1:46 PM
> > To: equismetastock
> > Subject: [EquisMetaStock Group] zero defaults and virus question
> >
> >
> > in case my first reply didn't get through properly, Roy
and Ron,
> > thanks for your suggestions to answer my questions.
> >
> > about a month ago, I formatted my drive (again) trying to solve
the
> > results of a virus and installed and ran Nortons immediately
after the
> > format, and have ran it continuously since, it updates
automatically.
> > about a week ago, I noticed some of my emails to groups were
coming back
> > to me with the message deleted and the symbol similar to yp
> > inserted instead, someone had previously told me this is evidence
of a
> > virus, again!
> > I then confirmed Nortons was current and ran a full scan--- no
virus
> > I then reinstalled AVG from grisoft.com , a free virus
program which
> > last time found the virus when Nortons didn't,
> > scanned--no virus
> > I then ran Taucan, supposed to find trojans ----no virus
> > so, 3 scans and found nothing.
> >
> > a couple of days ago, a friend sent me a fix to a virus he'd
got and
> may
> > have passed on, and there it was!
> > I had the "bear" jdbgmgr.exe
> > I don't mind getting a virus, (the price of being on the net)
but i'd
> at
> > least like to be able to search for, find it and get rid of it
> > and,especially, not pass it on to others innocently
> >
> > I'm sorry for the longwinded mail but felt it better to
explain once
> > fully.
> >
> > the question is ? is there a good virus program out there at
all?
> > many others must have the same problems
> >
> > all comments appreciated thanks Keith
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ---
> > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
> > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
> > Version: 6.0.408 / Virus Database: 230 - Release Date: 24/10/02
> >
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