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Michael said:
I removed the file jdbe.exe off my computer after being
told it was a virus. How do I get it back and what does
it do?
Do you mean jdbgmgr.exe? Fortunately, as hoaxes go, the effect of
this one is very mild. Yes, it was a Windows file and no, it
shouldn't have been deleted. But the file is the Java debug
manager, needed only by Java programmers. Since you're obviously
not a Java programmer (if you were, you would have known not to
delete it), there's no real harm been done. You don't need the
file, and although it's easy enough to get back, you don't need
to bother.
Next time, don't be ready to believe E-mail messages about
viruses, even if sent by your closest friends. Most of them are
hoaxes, spread by unwitting dupes of the hoaxsters.
