Virus Hoax, please read carefully ("jdbgmgr.exe")

[MaxDepth]

Hey all,
We had this one person in the office read an email (sent from a stranger, no less) that said of a horrible virus on your hard drive. It asked for them to locate manually (since Norton wouldn't recognize it) and to delete it manually.

It asked the person to search for "jdbgmgr.exe" Of ocurse this person found it and was able to delete it. She passed the note to others in the group and beyond. I think 15-20 people deleted the file as well.

It turns out that this is one cruel hoax. Of course people will find the file. It's on about every system that loads Java. And of course, Norton won't detect it as a virus, because the file isn't one! So now we've got our network admin going around replacing this file.

It just goes to show that you should never trust what you read in your email box, especially from strangers. I know people are well intentioned, but if they don't fully understand the implication of their actions, they shouldn't make such actions until they get the go-ahead from someone they trust in the IT field.

cheers,

 

[LiekOMG]

If people are stupid enough to fall for something like this, they should not be using a computer. Period.

 

[Fausto]

Several of my idiot coworkers already got tagged by this one.

Thanks for the heads-up.

 

[BillGates]

Forward this to:

1-5 People: You will have a good day
6-10 People: You will win the lottery
11-20 People: You will find true love.

20+ People: You will die a horrible, horrible death from all the people who are so pissed at you

 

[Adul]

haha billgates380

That why it is best to lock down the system has much has possible

 

[BigJohnKC]

Reminds me of the AOL virus a little while ago...linky

 

[Bulk Beef]

Maybe you should send her an e-mail asking her to jump out the window, just to see what happens.

 

[yakko]

I love those hoax viruses.

 

[NetworkDad]

<< Hey all,
We had this one person in the office read an email (sent from a stranger, no less) that said of a horrible virus on your hard drive. It asked for them to locate manually (since Norton wouldn't recognize it) and to delete it manually.

It asked the person to search for "jdbgmgr.exe" Of ocurse this person found it and was able to delete it. She passed the note to others in the group and beyond. I think 15-20 people deleted the file as well.

cheers,
>>




Link? For once, i'm going to be the first one to mail out a warning to all of my friends/family and warn them NOT to delete the file. This can possibly save me weeks of playing tech support with everyone to restore the file.


**EDIT**

Found link here, and here