Teddy Bear Virus
Teddy Bear Virus is a hoax that advises users to delete a valid Windows file that is named Jdbgmgr.exe. This file is the Microsoft Debugger Registrar for Java. If you receive the Teddy Bear Virus email message delete the email message and do not forward it to others. Although this file may become infected with a virus, its presence is not an indication of a virus infection.
We recommend the use of anti virus software from companies like McAfee and Panda to alert you of hoaxes like Teddy Bear before you can accidentally do damage to you computer. An Anti spam filter can also protect against these mass distributed email viruses and hoaxes.
Teddy Bear Virus may come to you in an email like this:
Subject: Fw: VIRUS.
Hi Everyone,
I just got this message from one of my friends. Sure enough my address
book was infected, which means yours will be also.
The virus (called jdbgmgr.exe) is not detected by Norton or McAfee anti-virus
systems. The virus sits quietly for 14 days before damaging the system.
It's sent automatically by the messenger and by the Address Book, whether
or not you sent e-mails to your contacts. I have checked, found it, and
deleted it.
Here's how to check for the virus and how to get rid of it:
DO THIS:
1. Go to Start, Find, or Search Option.
2. In the file/folder option, type the name jdbgmgr.exe
3. Be sure you search your C-Drive
4. Click "find now"
5. The virus has a Teddy Bear Icon with the name jdbgmgr.exe
DO NOT OPEN IT !!!!
6. RIGHT CLICK AND DELETE IT. IT WILL GO TO THE RECYCLE BIN.
7. Go to recycle bin and delete it there as well.
IMPORTANT ! ! !
If you find the virus, you must contact all the people in your address
book so
they can eradicate it in their own address books.
If you get this email from a friend, they more than likely mean well -- most people don't think to check these things out AHEAD of time. Especially if they follow the direction and find the file. That alone may convince them that this hoax is on the up-and-up. IT'S NOT. ALWAYS--ALWAYS check out hoax/virus alerts with an established source before you start monkeying around with the files on your computer!
If you have already deleted Jdbgmgr.exe:
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.
For Windows XP, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows 98,
and Windows 95:
Reinstall Microsoft Virtual Machine (Microsoft VM).
The Microsoft VM is not available as a Web download. For information on
the availability of the Microsoft VM in Windows XP, see the following
Microsoft Web site:
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