Oh-- wait-- can I rely on the following?

~S~

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VB's comment

The file jdbgmgr.exe is the Microsoft Debugger Registrar for Java, which will be present on most modern Windows Operating Systems. The application has a teddy-bear as its icon, and executing it is unlikely to have any visible effect.

As such, the application in the vast majority of cases does not contain any viral code. Deleting it, as is suggested by some versions of the hoax, will not have a major impact on most computer users but is inadvisable. If you have deleteted this file there are methods built into most Windows versions to enable file recovery.

It is worth noting that jdbmgr.exe could become infected by any number of common viruses. Several of these (for example W32/Magister) will infect standard Windows files and email them to other users. It is thought that a worried recipient of one of these infected files was the origin of the jdbmgr.exe hoax. Were you to be sent this file by email, it would be extremely inadvisable to run it, even if it were from someone you know and trust.

This hoax has been seen in numerous languages.

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