VIRUS!

#1 (**permalink**) 02-01-2003, 16:57

I've been sent a virus in a screensaver, its one that will send itself to anyone on my email list, AVG antivurus didn't pick it up!

Anyone receiving an email from me delete it immediatley!

Sorry folks!!!

Stu

#2 (**permalink**) 02-01-2003, 17:01

This is a link I've found to remove it if needed here

#3 (**permalink**) 02-01-2003, 18:23

I'm alright Stu, thanks anyway mate

#4 (**permalink**) 02-01-2003, 18:53

Glad to hear it Monk!
wasted nearly 3 hours of my life getting rid of that. theres some good guys out there writing fixes though.

#5 (**permalink**) 02-01-2003, 20:22

While we are on the subject of viruses ....

An old 'hoax' is doing the rounds again

It is called the 'jdbgmgr.exe' virus

It is an infamous (and elaborate) hoax

Please visit the following URL and read for yourself, to allay any fears.

Symantec Jdbgmgr.exe

Chris Hammond · #6 (**permalink**) 03-01-2003, 01:20

Alan B,

Wow!! Thanks mate. I followed the advice at your link and sure enough the little teddy bear was sitting on my hard drive. I've deleted it from the Recycle Bin as instructed. Does that mean I've been infecting others when e-mailing?
Very grateful mate.

Regards Chris.

#7 (**permalink**) 03-01-2003, 03:59

I ve spent most of my Christmas and New Year scanning with antiviri. Ive oicked up 3in the last week the after 18 months of clean surfing.I had AVG installed it only managed to stop one them so I installed Norton now a lot better.I think they must of come to life whith it being Christmas I just wonder how many newbies got infected on Christmas Morning because a lot of presents being PC,s this year.I know where I picked mine up from Kazaa p2p so be warned. Also when I logged on to post this a little pop came on wishing me a new year with a button to enter I didnt push it has anyone else seen it .

#8 (**permalink**) 03-01-2003, 07:33

Chris.....

Please tell me you were NOT serious!!!

Both my post and the link plainly state, that the jdbgmgr.exe is in fact a HOAX and NO action is required.

If you WERE serious about having deleted it, do NOT worry or panic, jdbgmgr.exe is rarely, if ever, called by your system (unless you are a professional programmer dealing in debugging Javascript Database Scripting, it is not actually needed by anyone else).

I apologise if my post was in any way misleading mate. It was intended to be a forewarning, so that you didn't panic if you ever received the e-mail.

#9 (**permalink**) 03-01-2003, 07:36

Alan,you post was straight forward,no need to apologise,I wouldn't have thought.

Chris Hammond · #10 (**permalink**) 03-01-2003, 10:09

Hi Alan,

No mate I'm afraid I'm totally serious.
I read your post in the small hours and obviously 'got it around my neck'.

It's my own fault for not reading your the information on your link properly.
Have I deleted important files?
It hasn't seemed to effect my P.c yet.
Why was the T.Bear on my hard-drive then?

Thanks for taking the trouble to respond Alan.

Regards Chris.