Virus Alerts

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We are online a lot, so I though it would be good if I made a thread so that people can post warnings about virus's and what not. We don't want anything happen to our favorite thing - the computer. LoL. Here's one my friend Brandee just sent me.

1. go to start, then click your (find) or (search)
option
2. in the folder option, type the name: jdbgmgr.exe
3. be sure to search your c. drive and all sub folders
and any other drives you may ha! ve
4. click (find now)
5. the virus has a teddy bear icon with the name:
jdbgmgr.exe DO NOT OPEN IT!
6. go to (edit) on menu bar and choose (select all) to
highlight the file
without opening it
7. now go to file (on the menu bar) and select delete.
it will then go to the recycle bin.
 
I wouldnt reccommend that for alot of virus's. Most if the new ones will instal the virus if you click it, open it, delete it, anything.

You guys may also want to dl, AD aware 6.0. Its free and easy to dl.

thanks for the tip though bvy the way.
 
Hoax do NOT delete!!

DUDE!!! don't fooking do that!
It's a hoax Virus
see here

Hoax Virus

some people who work with Java need that, and you just told a bunch of people to delete a legitimate part of windows. You really should check out things like this before posting...
 
Symantec (Norton) Virus hoax page

The above is a good source of info for virus hoaxes like the above. I imagine that the other big anti-virus software people have similar sites if you don't like Symantec (Norton). Virus alerts and hoax alerts are also posted regularly on the Urban Legends site at Snopes - Here
 
It's a hoax virus?

I have norton on my computer. Wouldn't if have told me something? I deleted it from my computer, as did other people, and everything seems fine.

Then...

DONT DELETE THE THING I TOLD YOU TOO

I guess this is what the thread was for. So it worked... kinda... lol.
 
Yeah, I think so. Everyone who's done it so far, they've said everything is fine. So no worries.
 
From the Symantec site - it seems it is not too much to worry about if you've already deleted the file :-

NOTE: If you have already deleted the Jdbgmgr.exe file, in most cases, you do not need to re-install it. The following quote is extracted from the Microsoft Knowledge Base article, "Virus Hoax: Microsoft Debugger Registrar for Java (Jdbgmgr.exe) Is Not a Virus (Q322993)."

"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."
 
Here's my input on viruses:

Virus Protection and hoaxes related to viruses and worms probably do an order of magnitude more harm than actual viruses do. If you get an attachment in an email, DON'T double click on it. EVER. If you have a newer version of Windows, do yourself a favor and enable the display of file extensions (turned off by default) and NEVER EVER open anything with a .EXE or .BAT extension. Image files like .GIF or .JPG or .PNG are safe. And never open an attachment by double clicking on it...right click on it and save it to your desktop first. This will get you into the habit of LOOKING at attachments and thinking about whether you should open them before you accidentally double-click open something that should not be opened.
 
Here's a new bit of info that I just recieved in an e-mail:

TheLocalBBB Says BEWARE!

JUST IN TIME FOR THE HOLIDAYS:

AN ELECTRONIC GREETING CARD MESS!!

From the Denton Co., TX DA's Office and www.snopes.com: Those cute little electronic greeting cards you occasionally get from friends may be a real problem, especially this holiday season! The ones we're speaking of are those where there's a link that says "[Some Name] has sent you a greeting card. Go here to get your greeting card."



There's a new card company called "FriendGreetings.com." (TheLocalBBB Note: Company is located in Panama!) When you get a card notification from them and click on the link, it will take you to their site. You will be notified that you have to install an ActiveX control in order to view the card. When you begin to install, the first thing that pops up is what is known as a "EULA" (End User License Agreement). It is very long, and you will not read it. They're counting on that. When you scroll to the bottom of it and click "Accept," you have agreed to the terms of the EULA.



Part of what you will have agreed to is monitoring/spyware software installed on your computer which will periodically report a vast array of data back to the card company. The other part that you've agreed to is to have the software send mail to EVERY SINGLE ADDRESS IN YOUR ADDRESS BOOK!

In short, you've voluntarily agreed to install a virus-type product on your machine. This is not a good thing.



See: http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2124528,00.html for details.

Since there is no virus in the email, and since you're VOLUNTARILY agreeing to install the ActiveX component, VIRUS CHECKERS WILL NOT CATCH THIS.



Just a reminder: DO NOT OPEN EMAIL ATTACHMENTS when you are not expecting them, and DO NOT RUN ANYTHING FROM THE INTERNET WHICH REQUIRES A EULA AGREEMENT. Click on this site to view information stating the above information is TRUE.



Contact with Questions: Jim Willingham, CFCE Investigator, Denton County Criminal DA

Denton, TX 76202, 940-349-2696, jim.willingham@dentoncounty.com
 
We should all learn a bunch of code, and implant a worm all over the net designed as a antivirus. that way when a virus is detected, the worm hunts it down destroys it, locates the sender and sends the IP to the authorities. Not only that, our worm could hack into the senders computer and post Buffy/Angel stuff ALL OVER IT!

....boy wish I knew how to do that.....
 
Originally posted by Zander8472
You guys may also want to dl, AD aware 6.0. Its free and easy to dl.
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This is good advice (although I personally prefer Spybot), but you should be aware Adaware and Spybot are not Virus scanners. They are Spyware scanners.

There's a good free anti-virus scanner available here:

AVG antivirus

Remember to update your antispyware or antivirus regularly.

Also in regards to:

Image files like .GIF or .JPG or .PNG are safe
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this seems to be more or less true at the moment, but be aware some virus senders have been known to spoof the extension so that the extension will also contain a possibly malicious extension such as .bat or .exe along with something like .jpg.
 
N4H, totally agree - AVG is a good, free (for personal use) virus checker. As well as Adaware mentioned above I would also recommend getting a firewall - I use Norton but Zone Alarm is a good, free alternative. Download it from here .

Wise words above from Lazy Dolphin - get into the habit of scanning attachments etc.

The other thing to watch out for is the premium rate dialler if you're on dial-up internet access. Two members of my family have acquired a "porn dialler" and the associated extortionate phone charges from"adult" sites - remember that there's no such thing as a free lunch (or free porn😉) and that if something sounds too good to be true - it probably bloody well is 🙂
 
If you need free virus scanner AVG is v.good...It located 4 viruses on my PC in last year..Dunno bout Adaware-I have but can't use it...Zone Alarm is good and easy to use...
 
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