Delete Your Windows System Directory?? what??

Zardon · May 17, 2002, 10:19 PM

New virus! Hoax, that is. This cnet news article ( http://news.com.com/2100-1040-916145.html?tag=fd_top ) says there's some kind of email hoax going around, saying to delete "jdbgmgr.exe." This is a part of the Java Debugger Manager and if deleted may cause Java to break.

I don't understand why someone would do something an email says just because it says to do it. No matter how close a friend is, I always try and use some amount of logic on everything I read. Of course that doesn't mean I was a little fooled on April 1st (damn you slashdot), but come on, everyone is trying to fool you! I think I'm going to write a rule in Outlook that will put anything that contains the phrase "send this to everyone you know" straight into the ole' recycle bin.

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May 17, 2002, 10:19 PM	#1
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	Delete Your Windows System Directory?? what?? New virus! Hoax, that is. This cnet news article ( http://news.com.com/2100-1040-916145.html?tag=fd_top ) says there's some kind of email hoax going around, saying to delete "jdbgmgr.exe." This is a part of the Java Debugger Manager and if deleted may cause Java to break. I don't understand why someone would do something an email says just because it says to do it. No matter how close a friend is, I always try and use some amount of logic on everything I read. Of course that doesn't mean I was a little fooled on April 1st (damn you slashdot), but come on, everyone is trying to fool you! I think I'm going to write a rule in Outlook that will put anything that contains the phrase "send this to everyone you know" straight into the ole' recycle bin. by kHz