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virus in virus alert is hoax
The file jdbmgr.exe is actually a dangerous Microsoft Windows virus
and deleting it will prevent it from spreading.
See the warning here.
Is it true? No, it is a hoax.
Like the SULFBNK.EXE virus scare, this virus warning attempts to
trick the unwary user into deleting a legitimate part of Microsoft
Windows operating system.
While the Urban Legend Zeitgeist waffled on whether the SULFBNK.EXE
virus scare was a deliberate hoax or a just the product of a
misundertanding, we won't be wishy-washy this time: it's a hoax.
The virus scare trades on the presence of the Java Debugging Manager,
jdbmgr.exe, that is a part of the Microsoft Windows operating system.
While jdbmgr.exe can be a target of the W32.Efortune.31384@mm virus,
the mere presence of jdbmgr.exe does not mean your computer has been
infected. Unfortunately, it doesn't mean that it hasn't been
infected. Popular anti-virus products offered by Symantec and McAffee
are capable of detecting and removing the W32.Efortune.31384@mm virus
but they aren't capable of restoring jdbmgr.exe if you have deleted
it.
To recap:
The presence of a file named jdbmgr.exe does not mean your computer
is infected with the W32.Efortune.31384@mm virus.
The W32.Efortune.31384@mm becomes active immediately upon infecting a
computer and does not lie dormant for fourteen days.
Deleting any file named jdbmgr.exe will not remove the
W32.Efortune.31384@mm virus nor will it restore any damage done by
the virus.
The W32.Efortune.31384@mm virus can infect a number of other
Microsoft Windows systems files besides jdbmgr.exe.
Popular antivirus programs such as Norton AntiVirus and McAffee
VirusScan are capable of detecting and removing the
W32.Efortune.31384@mm virus.
go to http://www.urbanlegends.com
click search and put in virus hoaxes it has tons of hoax viruses
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