WARNING WARNING!!!
The Jdbmgr file is supposed to be on your hard drive. The warning is the
virus.
Here are instructions for replacing the file if you deleted it.
Snnip snip from
Patrick Crispen's web page.
Did you accidentally delete "JDBGMGR.EXE" from your computer? Shame on you.
According to Microsoft, JDBGMGR.EXE is "the Microsoft Debugger Registrar
for Java."
In other words, it isn't a virus ... it is a regular part of Windows.
Here is how to restore JDBGMGR.EXE on Windows 95, 98, 98SE, ME, 2000, NT 4,
and XP:
Open Internet Explorer and go to
http://www.microsoft.com/java/vm/dl_vm40.htm
java/vm/dl_vm40.htm
Scroll to the bottom of the page.
If you have Windows 95, 98, 98SE, ME, NT 4, or XP, click on the link titled "
Microsoft VM build 3805 for Windows 95/98, Windows Me, Windows NT 4.0 and
Windows XP
" If you have Windows 2000, click on the link titled "
Microsoft VM build 3805 for Microsoft Windows 2000 (Hotfix)
."
A pop-up Window appears telling you that you are downloading the file
msjav86.exe
from Microsoft and asking you if you would like to open the file or save it
to your
computer. Click on the "Open" button.
Get a cup of coffee. The msjav86.exe file is 5.06 Mb in size and will take
a while
to download.
Connection
Download Time (mm:ss)
28.8 modem
24:36
56K modem
12:31
ISDN (128)
5:32
Cable/DSL (512)
1:23
Cable/DSL (1.5 Mbps)
0:28
The msjav86.exe file (eventually) downloads to your computer.
When the download is complete, a pop-up screen appears asking if you would
like to
install Microsoft VM.
Click on the "Yes" button.
Microsoft's End User Licensing Agreement ("EULA") appears.
Click on the "Yes" button .
This starts the install process. First the files are extracted
and then they are installed.
Eventually, the following window appears telling you that the installation
is complete.
Click on the "OK" button.
A new window appears, telling you that you must restart before the new
settings will
take effect.
Click on the "Yes" button.
That's it. Your computer will restart and the JDBGMGR.EXE file will be back
on your
computer, safe and happy.
Also, as Fred Langa [
http://www.langa.com/
] notes,
A good rule of thumb is NEVER to forward any email just because it says
"Urgent:
Pass this on to everyone!" or comes from a buddy. In fact, anytime you get
any email
with a "pass this on to everyone!" in it, or a letter that has been
forwarded dozens
of times, it's almost always (99.99999% of the time) a hoax or scam
designed solely
to generate a chain letter--- that is, to trick the gullible into
perpetrating the
hoax.
Don't be taken in! It only takes *literally* a minute to find out about if
any email
about:
supposed virus alerts (even if the email says they're "confirmed by IBM,
Microsoft,
AOL and Oracle" or some such)
pending legislation, including email surcharges and taxes
sick/dying/missing children who need email or prayers
body part theft rings
free vacation giveaways
free money or products from Bill Gates (or Disney or AOL or Nokia or....)
to those
who forward the most emails
foreign government workers who will pay you to let them move large sums of
money
through your bank account
or any of hundreds of similar chain letters.
These are ALL almost always pure, utter hoaxes and scams.
Keep that in the mind the next time you get a virus warning in your email
inbox.
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This page was last updated on May 21, 2002
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