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Info, Tips, FAQs Virus Information JDBGMGR.EXE - Virus Hoax
Following on the tails of last years widespread mailings about the "sulfnbk.exe" virus that caused thousands of people to delete this perfectly ordinary file that is part of several Windows operating systems, email is now going around about "JDBGMGR.EXE" - this file, the Java Debug Manager is also a normal part of Windows. The mail that's going around warns gullible people that the virus is so new that their antivirus software will not detect it, and that it has a "14 day incubation period". It is these kind of phrases that get a lot of people to delete a perfectly safe Windows file and forward the message to their entire contact list, many of whom will do the same. A good rule of thumb is: Before following instructions that arrive by e-mail telling you to delete a file, check with your Internet Service Provider (ISP), your Antivirus Software vendor, or http://www.vmyths.com (a website that contains information about popular email viruses in circulation) first to make sure you are not acting on misinformation and propagating a potentially harmful hoax. Details at: http://www.vmyths.com/hoax.cfm?id=275&page=
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