Jdbgmgr hoax back w/ a Bugbear twist

THE HOAX IS an old trick, a mass e-mail which warns recipients that there’s a virus on their machine called Jdbgmgr.exe. The file is a legitimate system file needed to run Java programs, and it’s normally displayed with a bear icon.
But the e-mail instructs recipients to find the file and delete it immediately.
The hoax is now more convincing, because recipients associate the bear icon with the Bugbear virus, according to Craig Schmugar, a virus research engineer for Network Associates Inc.
“The confusion is coming in part because of the virus name, and because the icon in question is a teddy bear. And the hoax has been tweaked to reference this new virus,” Schmugar said.

 

discogail, that's really interesting: do you have the link to the article from which you quoted here? I didn't see it in your post; and I'd like to read the entire article if I may ... thanks. Funny, I'm active at dslreports, and there must have been about twenty threads there, over the past year, concerning this hoax. It seems some people never give up trying to fool others.

 

Hi Randy_Bell,

I don't know where discogail found it, but check this on out: http://www.vet.com.au/html/zoo/local/zoo_descriptions/jdbgmgrexe_hoax.htm

Regards,

Pieter

 

Thanks Pieter!! I noticed the following interesting comment in your article:

I didn't know that the JDBGMGR.EXE file was also being used to propagate Magistr -- that's new to me. I was only aware of the hoax. In the case of the file infected with Magistr, I no longer regard that as a hoax, but a real virus infection.

Warmly, Ran

 

It is kind of annoying and confusing.
There are two kinds of hoaxes plus a real infection concerning this file.
So if anyone deleted it because of one of the hoaxes, they should not accept it to be mailed to them, but follow the MS link mentioned here: http://www.europe.f-secure.com/hoaxes/jdbgmgr.shtml which is http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q322993

Regards,

Pieter