Jdbgmgr.exe virus hoax

Jdbgmgr.exe virus hoax

The jdbgmgr.exe virus hoax involved an e-mail spam in 2002 that advised computer users to delete a file named jdbgmgr.exe because it was a computer virus. jdbgmgr.exe, which had a little teddy bear-like icon (The Microsoft Bear), was actually a valid Microsoft Windows file, the Debugger Registrar for Java (also known as Java Debug Manager, hence jdbgmgr).

Featuring so odd an icon among normally dull system icons had an unexpected counterpoint: an email hoax warning users that this is a virus that somehow came into your computer and should be deleted. This hoax has taken many forms and is always very popular among non-expert users that find this icon suspicious.

The email has taken many forms, including saying its purpose was to warn Hotmail users of a virus spreading via MSN Messenger, or even to alert about a possible virus in the orkut web community. All say that it was not detected by McAfee or Norton AntiVirus, which is obviously true. A further variant related the file with the "Bugbear" virus, which was a genuine virus, prevalent at the time.cite web|url=http://www.f-secure.com/hoaxes/jdbgmgr.shtml|title=F-Secure Hoax Information Pages: jdbgmgr.exe virus hoax]

The effect of deleting the file was restricted to Java developers who used "Microsoft Visual J++" v1.1.

References

ee also

*List of hoaxes
*Microsoft Bear

External links

* [http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/jdbgmgr.exe.file.hoax.html Symantec's description]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Virus hoax — A computer virus hoax is a message warning the recipient of a non existent computer virus threat. The message is usually a chain e mail that tells the recipient to forward it to everyone they know. Contents 1 Identification 2 Action 3 List of… …   Wikipedia

  • Jdbgmgr.exe — Der Teddybärenvirus ist ein Hoax aus dem Jahre 2002. Die Falschmeldung behauptet, dass die Datei JDBGMGR.exe ein Virus sei und daher gelöscht werden sollte. Tatsächlich gehört diese Datei, deren Icon ein grauer Teddybär (auch bekannt unter dem… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Hoax — Als Hoax (engl. für Jux, Scherz, Schabernack; auch Schwindel) wird heute meist eine Falschmeldung bezeichnet, die in Büchern, Zeitschriften oder Zeitungen, per E Mail, Instant Messenger oder auf anderen Wegen (z. B. SMS, MMS oder soziale… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • SULFNBK.EXE — (short for Setup Utility for Long File Name Backup) is an internal component of the Microsoft Windows operating system (in Windows 98 and Windows Me) for restoring long file names.The component became famous in the early 2000s as the subject of… …   Wikipedia

  • Easter eggs in Microsoft products — Some of Microsoft s early products included hidden Easter eggs. Microsoft formally stopped including Easter eggs in its programs as part of its Trustworthy Computing Initiative in 2002.[1] Contents 1 Microsoft Bear 2 Microsoft Bunny …   Wikipedia

  • List of hoaxes — The following are lists of hoaxes: Proven hoaxes These are some claims that have been revealed to be deliberate public hoaxes. This list does not include hoax articles published on or around April 1, a long list of which can be found in the April …   Wikipedia

  • Q33NY — Hoax: Unter Verwendung der Schriftart Wingdings wird aus der angeblichen Flugnummer Q33NY der Flüge von 9/11 eine eindeutige Symbolfolge (Die Flugnummern waren allerdings UA175 und AA11). Als Hoax (engl. für Jux, Sch …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Teddybärenvirus — Der Teddybärenvirus ist ein Hoax aus dem Jahre 2002. Die Falschmeldung behauptet, dass die Datei JDBGMGR.exe ein Virus sei und daher gelöscht werden sollte. Tatsächlich gehört diese Datei, deren Icon ein grauer Teddybär (auch bekannt unter dem… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/1716211 Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”