Dragaera

Fw: READ! (fwd)

Wed Feb 12 18:26:48 PST 2003

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 :-)