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Subject: [MDSTMARY-L] Bugbear virus a hoax - see details
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 13:43:14 -0700

Hi Ann and List:
Again the warning you got is a hoax. See below and semantec site for info.
Do not delete the file with the teddy. It is a Microsoft file. Here is the info from
their site at:

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/jdbgmgr.exe.file.ho
ax.html

This is a hoax that, like the SULFNBK.EXE Warning hoax, tries to
persuade you to delete a legitimate Windows file from your computer. The
file that the hoax refers to, Jdbgmgr.exe, is a Java Debugger Manager. It is
a Microsoft file that is installed when you install Windows.

NOTE: Recent version of this hoax take advantage of the recent outbreak
of the W32.bugbear@mm worm, and the fact that the Jdbgmgr.exe file
that is mentioned in the hoax has a bear icon. The actual
W32.bugbear@mm worm file is an .exe file and does not have a bear
icon.

The Windows Jdbgmgr.exe file has a teddy bear icon as described in the
hoax:
Hope this all helps.
Letty

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