Dragaera

Fw: READ! (fwd)

Wed Feb 12 18:23:18 PST 2003

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> > Hope this clears everything up :-)
> 
> Not exactly.  Then what was it that I deleted?
> 
> Reen

See the other David's email below for what you deleted...

> > >    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.

The Internet: the modern equivalent of "some guy down the pub told me..."

Paul
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