Tech: teddybear virus

Subject: Tech: teddybear virus
From: Eric the Viking
Date: 21 Feb 03 - 01:40 PM

Hiya all. It would seem I've got the "teddybear" virus. (jdbgmgr.exe).

Norton can't find it, but the icon is there when I search in explorer. Any help, greatly appreciated!

It does things to your address book and then your contacts it seems?

Subject: RE: Tech: teddybear virus
From: DMcG
Date: 21 Feb 03 - 01:42 PM

This is a hoax virus. Don't delete the file suggested -its part of Java support.

Subject: RE: Tech: teddybear virus
From: MMario
Date: 21 Feb 03 - 01:42 PM

hoax.

Subject: RE: Tech: teddybear virus
From: Ebbie
Date: 21 Feb 03 - 01:47 PM

This hoax is making the rounds. I checked it out on www.snopes.com, my favorite go-to place.

Subject: RE: Tech: teddybear virus
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 21 Feb 03 - 01:50 PM

Visit this page at Symantec. The site includes this remark:

"The Microsoft Debugger Registrar for Java (Jdbgmgr.exe) is only used by Microsoft Visual J++ 1.1 developers.

If you follow the e-mail message instructions and delete this file, you do not have to recover it unless you use Microsoft Visual J++ 1.1 to develop Java programs on Windows XP, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows 98, or Windows 95."

SRS

Subject: RE: Tech: teddybear virus
From: Eric the Viking
Date: 21 Feb 03 - 03:47 PM

Thankee kindly one and all. Problem now solved.