Got this off the Snopes site- please read DonO
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. Users of other Windows operating systems can only retrieve JDBGMGR.EXE by reinstalling the Microsoft Virtual Machine (VM) component, but Microsoft is no longer offering it as a download. See the link below for more information on JDBGMGR.EXE. Additional information: 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 Click here to e-mail this page to a friend
