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jdbgmgr.exe

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 deleted 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.

Hoax text

I found the little bear in my machine because of that I am
sending this message in order for you to find it in your machine.
The procedure is very simple:

The objective of this e-mail is to warn all Hotmail users about
a new virus that is spreading by MSN Messenger.  The name of this
virus is jdbgmgr and it is sent automatically by the Messenger
and by the address book too.  The virus is not detected by McAfee or
Norton and it stays quiet for 14 days before damaging the system.

The virus can be cleaned before it deletes the files from your system.
In order to eliminate it, it is just necessary to do the following steps:

1. Go to Start, click "Search"
2.- In the "Files or Folders option" write the name jdbgmgr.exe
3.- Be sure that you are searching in the drive "C"
4.- Click "find now"
5.- If the virus is there (it has a little bear-like icon with the
name of jdbgmgr.exe DO NOT OPEN IT FOR ANY REASON
6.- Right click and delete it (it will go to the Recycle bin)
7.- Go to the recycle bin and delete it or empty the recycle bin.

IF YOU FIND THE VIRUS IN ALL OF YOUR SYSTEMS SEND THIS MESSAGE TO ALL OF YOUR
CONTACTS LOCATED IN YOUR ADDRESS BOOK BEFORE IT CAN CAUSE ANY DAMAGE.

VB reminds users: if you receive a virus warning message, do not forward the message to all your friends/colleagues, as it may suggest in the text. If you have verified that the message is a hoax, simply delete it. If you are unsure, forward the message to your IT administrator. Failing that, forward it to hoax@virusbtn.com. It is possible that you may receive a hoax email with a file attachment. Since it is possible that these attachments could be infected VB advises such files to be be treated with the same caution as any other unexpected message attachment and urges users not to open them.

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