Yes, and some people have such an overwhelming desire to say something
important that they cannot resist forwarding those ominous sounding alerts.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Freeman" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 10:34 AM
Subject: Re: hoax


> 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