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No, it is a hoax.
Like the SULFBNK.EXE virus scare, this virus warning attempts to trick the unwary user into deleting a legitimate part of Microsoft Windows operating system.
While the Urban Legend Zeitgeist waffled on whether the SULFBNK.EXE virus scare was a deliberate hoax or a just the product of a misundertanding, we won't be wishy-washy this time: it's a hoax.
The virus scare trades on the presence of the Java Debugging Manager, jdbmgr.exe, that is a part of the Microsoft Windows operating system.
While jdbmgr.exe can be a target of the W32.Efortune.31384@mm virus, the mere presence of jdbmgr.exe does not mean your computer has been infected. Unfortunately, it doesn't mean that it hasn't been infected. Popular anti-virus products offered by Symantec and McAffee are capable of detecting and removing the W32.Efortune.31384@mm virus but they aren't capable of restoring jdbmgr.exe if you have deleted it.
To recap:
- The presence of a file named jdbmgr.exe does not mean your computer is infected with the W32.Efortune.31384@mm virus.
- The W32.Efortune.31384@mm becomes active immediately upon infecting a computer and does not lie dormant for fourteen days.
- Deleting any file named jdbmgr.exe will not remove the W32.Efortune.31384@mm virus nor will it restore any damage done by the virus.
- The W32.Efortune.31384@mm virus can infect a number of other Microsoft Windows systems files besides jdbmgr.exe.
- Popular antivirus programs such as Norton AntiVirus and McAffee VirusScan are capable of detecting and removing the W32.Efortune.31384@mm virus.
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Urban Legend Zeitgeist: jdbgmgr.exe Virus Hoax