Teddy Bear Virus

[John Doe]

Does anyone know anything about the "Teddy Bear" Virus?
It is also called jdbe.exe.

John

 

[randwulf57]

John Doe:
"Virus Hoax: Microsoft Debugger Registrar for Java (Jdbgmgr.exe) Is Not
aVirus"
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/jdbgmgr.exe.file.hoax.html

 

[JAX]

This is a well known hoax. If I recall correctly, you are prompted to remove
Jdbgmgr.exe from your computer. Just ignore it.

LOL, JAX

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

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Does anyone know anything about the "Teddy Bear" Virus?
It is also called jdbe.exe.

It is not a virus. It is an old and well-known hoax.

Fortunately, as hoaxes go, the effect of this one is very mild.
Yes, it was a Windows file and no, it shouldn't have been
deleted. But the file is the Java debug manager, needed only by
Java programmers. Since you're obviously not a Java programmer
(if you were, you would have known not to delete it), there's no
real harm been done. You don't need the file, and although it's
easy enough to get back, you don't need to bother.

Next time, don't be ready to believe E-mail messages about
viruses, even if sent by your closest friends. Most of them are
hoaxes, spread by unwitting dupes of the hoaxsters.

 

[Guest]

John;

Its a hoax - let me guess - you got a forward that said
to go to some particular folder on your computer and if
you see a teddy bear icon, to delete it immediatly. You
saw the teddy bear didn't you? Don't delete it - its
nothing crucial, but its supposed to be there - its not a
virus. I've seen this e-mail about 40 times over the last
year or so.

Cheers,

Snubb

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

There is no such new virus.

This is a very, very old hoax; one of the oldest currently in
circulation. If your antivirus software is current and detects
nothing, you're most likely safe. Do nothing with the named file,
delete the email, and tell whomever sent you the original message to
check their facts before spreading rumors.

Microsoft Debugger Registrar for Java 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

It's important to remember that almost _any_ email virus warning
is a hoax, designed primarily to bog down email systems by having
well-meaning but uniformed people send out hundreds of otherwise
valueless email warnings. When you receive a warning like this, the
*first* thing you should do is check its veracity at one or more of
the following web sites:

Symantec Security Response - Hoax Page
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/hoax.html

F-Secure Security Information Center - Hoaxes
http://www.f-secure.com/virus-info/hoax/

Trend Micro Hoax Encyclopedia, alerts
http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/hoaxes/hoax.asp


Bruce Chambers
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