Teddy Bear Virus?

[Malinda Bruce]

I am getting conflicting information regarding the
file "jdbgmgr.exe" It has a Teddy Bear icon in front of it
and is located in the windows\system32 folder. Some say it
is a virus and should be deleted, and others say it is a
legitimate windows file. My quesiton is - Is it a
legitimate windows file and if so, what is its purpose?

 

[Nicholas]

Malinda --

Virus Hoax: Microsoft Debugger Registrar for Java (Jdbgmgr.exe) Is Not a Virus
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q322993

Jdbgmgr.exe file hoax
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/jdbgmgr.exe.file.hoax.html

Please take a moment to read the following article:

Information on Bogus Microsoft Security Bulletin E-mails
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/news/patch_hoax.asp


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Nicholas

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| I am getting conflicting information regarding the
| file "jdbgmgr.exe" It has a Teddy Bear icon in front of it
| and is located in the windows\system32 folder. Some say it
| is a virus and should be deleted, and others say it is a
| legitimate windows file. My quesiton is - Is it a
| legitimate windows file and if so, what is its purpose?

 

[Cheryl Fischer]

"jdbgmgr.exe" is a Java Debugger and is used by Java Programmers. Should
you delete this file from your computer, you will not have any problems
(unless YOU are a Java programmer). That having been said, this is an old,
old hoax -- the file is not a virus and does serve a purpose.

 

[Nina]

It is a legitmate file leave it alone. Go to www.about.com
and read about it.