An e-mail hoax pretending to be a virus warning has been playing on users' fears and causing them to delete their Java Debugger Manager file, called jdbgmgr.exe, by telling them it's a virus, Symantec Corp. said Friday.
Perhaps the greatest thrill for any prankster is to have his hoax taken as truth. Just such a thing has happened to Ray Owens, who runs a Web site called Joke A Day.