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Old 18th May 2002, 07:41
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Question Teddy bear icon file

Hi everyone. Sorry if this topic has come up here previously, as I haven't visited the computer issues forum before. Anyhow, here's my question:

We were recently sent an email from people we know purporting to be a virus warning, saying that we should find and delete a file called something like 'jdfgmgr.exe' which had a teddy bear icon associated with it.

I did that, and a few hours later we received an apology from the people who sent us the original email, saying they had been the victims of a hoax, and that that file is one needed by the computer so it shouldn't have been deleted.
We've continued to operate the computer as normal for a couple of weeks and nothing seems to have changed.

Would someone who knows about this please let us know what that file does, whether it's important to replace it, and if so, can I copy it from our other computer and just stick it on this one?

Thanks very much.
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It's the Microsoft Java deBUG-GER (stupid censorship) for windows - some Java code may use it, some may not, so deleting it may cause you grief from time to time. You can restore this file by reinstalling Microsoft's Java Virtual Machine.

http://www.microsoft.com/java/vm/dl_vm40.htm
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I would find it very surprising to find an essential file of the operating system tagged with a teddy bear icon...
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Virus Hoax: Microsoft De****** Registrar for Java (Jdbgmgr.exe) Is Not a Virus (Q322993)
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******? You can't even say ******? My God! (if I can say God) What IS this world coming to? If Toyota can say ****** in their television commercials, why the blazes (if I can say blazes) can't you say ******?!?!?


Sheesh! (If I can say Sheesh!)

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Wink

*** ***** *** ****** ****
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Thanks very much for your help.
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Yep, I fell for it. Had hysterical mate on phone saying how sorry he was for infecting my pc. Will now download the virtual machine now, many thanks Evo...
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Worth virus checking just in case. Like the best lies, this one has an element of truth...

The W32/Magistr-A virus and W32.Efortune.31384@mm (and most probably others) are known to specifically target jdbgmgr.exe
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I always say visit http://www.symantec.com/avcenter if you ever get a virus email "my friend says.....".
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Google works fine for me. If the hype and spelling mistakes don't give it away ("IBM says that it will destroy your computer", "Microsoft says that it cannot be removed") then just cut'n'paste the subject line that the chain E-mail is warning you about - you'll get 10 zillion hits telling you that it's a hoax. Takes about five seconds...
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My goon of the week award goes to a guy in Air Canada who managed to forward this "warning" to everybody in his company phonebook, we ended up with a copy of this message with over a 1000 other email addresses on it......................

Can anyone explain to me why people dont use the "Bcc" function when sending stuff like this?

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Coz like my Mum says - Common Sense unfortunately isn't common, its fairly rare.

The BCC trick is so obvious only to tech-heads it seems
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The great "Reply To All" brainfade is the one I hate. Get a large enough distribution list (100+) and you'll definitely get

(a) Several people using "Reply to All" rather than "Reply" and thereby spamming the whole department

and

(b) One pillock clicking on "Reply To All" while sending abuse to person (a) about their inability to click on reply to sender...

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Just a test

Just testing my Norton 'Internet Security' software settings. Sorry.
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Old 21st May 2002, 16:23
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K. P. PPRuNe is obviously "safe" enough to pass
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How can i do a self-test to see if my pc is vulnerable to hackers etc?
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Free shield tester here....

https://grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2
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Sound......Thanks softlad....
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All sorts of goodies here too for all your Internet needs .... some free, some not.

http://wantdbest.com/freebies/antivirus.html
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