On Wednesday, February 12, 2003, at 09:23 PM, Baralier wrote: > <Snip> > >>> 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..." This just makes me praise the powers that be that I own a Mac :-)