I've often wondered whether the propensity to generate or enjoy
hoaxes/generate viruses is congenitally linked with the inability to
write decent English.

Mike Freeman < K 7 U I J >

----- Original Message -----
From: "Howard Kaufman" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 1:10 AM
Subject: hoax


        I went to the Urban Legiond combat and copied the web page
information.
Here it is.

www.snopes.com/
       JDBGMGR.EXE
www.snopes.com/
Virus name:   JDBGMGR.EXE.
Status:   Hoax.
Example:   [Collected on the Internet, 2002]
I got this message about a virus that can produce lot of damage [sic] to
your computer.
If you follow the instructions which are very easy, you would be able to
"clean"
your computer.
Apparently the virus spreads through the addresses book . I got it, then
may be I
passed it to you too, sorry.
The name of the virus is jdbgmgr.exe and is transmitted automatically
through the Message and address book of the OUTLOOK. The virus is
neither
detected by Norton
nor by Mc Afee. It remains in lethargy ("sleeping") for 14 days and even
more, before
it destroys the whole system. It can be eliminated during this period.
The steps for the elimination of the virus are the following:
1. go to START and click FIND
2. in "FILES and FOLDERS" write: jdbgmgr.exe
3. be sure that it searches in "C"
4. click SEARCH NOW
5. if the virus appears (with icon of a small bear) and the
name"jdbgmgr.exe" . don't open it !!! in any case !!!
6. click the right button of the mouse and destroy it
7. empty the recycle bin
If you find the virus in your computer please send this mail to all the
people in
your addresses book .
thanks.
Origins:   Like the
SULFNBK.EXE
  hoax, this bogus virus warning (also known as the "Bear Virus")
attempts
to lure gullible users into deleting perfectly innocuous, standard
Windows
files from their
systems.
In
    this case the target file is JDBGMGR.EXE, a Java Debug Manager
program
used by
the Microsoft Java runtime engine. This file is included as part of a
standard Windows
installation and is not a "virus." (The icon for this file is a graphic
of
a bear
like the one shown to the left.)
If you deleted this file, don't sweat it --
  JDBGMGR.EXE is only important to programmers who use Microsoft
Visual J++ 1.1
  to develop Java programs. Its absence will not cause your PC to stop
working or
interfere with your applications, so if you're not a Java developer, you
don't have
to worry about restoring it. Consider the experience a lesson learned
about
the perils
of believing and acting upon unverified
e-mail warnings.
(Windows 2000 and Windows ME include a Windows File Protection (WFP)
feature that
will recover shared files such as JDBGMGR.EXE if they are overwritten or
deleted,
but users of other Windows operating systems can only retrieve
JDBGMGR.EXE
by reinstalling
the Microsoft
Virtual Machine
  (VM) component.)
See the link below for more information on and recovery procedures for
JDBGMGR.EXE.
Additional information:
Jdbgmgr.exe file hoax
Microsoft Debugger Registrar for Java (Jdbgmgr.exe) Is Not a Virus
(Microsoft)
   Last updated:   21 September 2002
The URL for this page is
http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/jdbgmgr.htm