Virus hoax dupes users into destroying files
News The fake advisory warns users of the file "jdbgmgr.exe," purportedly a virus that damages a victim's computer system two weeks after first infecting the PC. The virus (called jdbgmgr.exe) is not detected by Trend Penicillin, Norton or McAfee...
[May 17, 2002, 8:19]
Virus hoax chart makes grim reading
News Topping the pile in December 2002, for the eighth successive month, was an email that urged users to delete a legitimate file called JDBGMGR.EXE from their machine. Both claims are false, and antivirus experts believe the connection with Bugbear...
[January 3, 2003, 11:36]
Antivirus virus on the loose
News It is more usual to receive a hoax email claiming an existing, necessary file is a virus, such as the Jdbgmgr.exe hoax, which claims a file is a virus when it is really a debugger register for Java. The appearance and spread of viruses throughout...
[January 20, 2003, 9:23]
