Jdbgmgr.exe file hoax Reported on: April 12, 2002 Last Updated on: July 19, 2003 02:47:09 AM Symantec Security Response encourages you to ignore any messages regarding this hoax. It is harmless and is intended only to cause unwarranted concern. Type: <A HREF="http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/refa.html#hoax">Hoax</A> This hoax, like the<A HREF="http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/sulfnbk.exe.warning.html"> SULFNBK.EXE Warning hoax</A>, tries to encourage you to delete a legitimate Windows file from your computer. Jdbgmgr.exe is the file to which the hoax refers, and it is the Microsoft Debugger Registrar for Java. The Jdbgmgr.exe file may be installed when you install Windows. Notes: Some versions of this hoax take advantage of an actual threat, the <A HREF="http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/[email protected]"> [email protected]</A> worm. The Jdbgmgr.exe file mentioned in the hoax has a bear icon. The actual <A HREF="http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/[email protected]">[email protected]</A> worm file is a .exe file and does not have a bear icon. Other versions of this hoax have slightly different ways in which they refer to the Jdbgmgr.exe file, usually in the subject of the email message. For example: Subject: "jdbg" Virus: how to detect and remove. NOTE: Recent The Windows Jdbgmgr.exe file has a teddy bear icon in the hoax, as illustrated below: