[HPforGrownups] Read please

[Bernadette M. Crumb]

No: HPFGUIDX 39158

I hope the mods won't get mad at me for replying to this, but I
checked this out on http://www.snopes.com and it's a HOAX.  I've
pasted their commentary below.  DO NOT DELETE this file!  Meghan,
you probably want to tell your dad about this, too, so he can
tell everyone he sent this to that it is NOT a virus... just a
nasty prank that someone is playing on him and them.

Quoted from snopes.com:
http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/jdbgmgr.htm

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. It is included
as part of a standard Windows installation, is not a virus, and
should not be deleted. JDBGMGR.EXE isn't a necessary part of the
Windows operating system and will not cause the system to fail if
it is accidentally deleted, although some Java applets may not
function properly without it.

   (The icon for this file is a graphic of a bear like the one
shown to the left.)

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 retrieve JDBGMGR.EXE by reinstalling the
Microsoft Virtual Machine (VM) component.

See the link below for more information on and recovery
procedures for JDBGMGR.EXE.

Additional information:        Microsoft Debugger Registrar for
Java (Jdbgmgr.exe) Is Not a Virus
(Microsoft)
  Last updated:   26 May 2002

----- Original Message -----
From: "Meghan Stancil" <megalynn44 at hotmail.com>
>
> I got this from my dad and it turned out I did have the virus
on my computer
> so I thought I better tell everyone on my list cause you probly
have it now.
>
>
> >Sorry Folks, But I may have delivered A virus from my address
book to
> >yours. Norton and McAfee antivirus system will not catch it.
It sits for 14
> >days and then starts working damaging the computer.