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> BugBear Virus
> I have been warned that the file JDBGMGR.EXE is part of
> the BugBear virus.
The warnings are wrong, its a hoax.
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> It appears to be present in the cabinet file
> Win98_45.CAB.
Thats because its a legitimate part of the operating system.
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> This appears to be a WinZip file contaiing the above file
> which cannot be deleted. If it is copied or extracted, it
> shows a "Bear" icon and can then be deleted, but the
> original still exists in the Cabinet file.
Which is a good thing because you may need the file in that cab archive to
replace any copies you deleted from the hard disk.
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> Running the Norton fix FXBGBEAR.EXE indicates that BugBear
> does not exist on any of my drives but I have been
> informed that Norton cannot cure this EXE file.
If only you'd searched their website for the name of the file in question
you'd have seen that the reason it cannot cure that exe file is because its
not infected at all.
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> Does anyone have concrete information as to whether it is
> harmful or how to remove it?
Just about any antivirus website will be able to tell you about this, I'm
somewhat surprised you managed to get around enough of the norton site to
download their bugbear fix without seeing their notes on this hoax actually.
You could try www.vmyths.com for more information.
BugBear virus