another virus mail

[jwer_NL]

Hmm just got a question from my dad who received another e-mail about a virus warning, normally i would dismiss it as a stupid hoax but because he actually found the file on his computer and i didn't, i thought i'd ask just to check... E-mail was in dutch so i translated it into english, leaving out the stupid rubbish surrounding it:

"I just found out that a virus spread itself automatically through my adresbook. Because you are in my adresbook you might have gotten the virus by now. The virus jdbe.exe will not be found by anti-virus software.

bla bla bla

Go to find and search for jdbgmr.exe, it has a teddy-bear icon and if you find it completely remove it... bla bla bla send this message on..."

bs rite?

 

[sobo]

bollux

 

[sobo]

what is this file anyway? ive got it too

 

[Hardcore]

first link when i google "jdbe.exe"
-> http://www.writersservices.com/www/t_hoax.htm
seems as it "has been around for a number of years"

the other links found by google are about hoax too, so...



if u need some info about exes, you can also have a look here:
http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/
and www.reger24.de
(they are mainly about processes tho. not directly about virus files)

 

[Anni]

after some small research on virusalert.nl -> http://www.virusalert.nl/?show=hoax&id=29

so BS indeed

 

[jwer_NL]

fanx peepz, wonder what it does tho

 

[Mughi]

Its the Java Debug Manager.
His machine would still work if you deleted it, but some sites with Java functionality would be a bit screwed.

Never listen to chain emails

 

[IceDragon]

I got the teddybear mail a few years ago, but haven't heard anything of it since then.

Harmless virus,and btw, you send it with the mail they tell you to send