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, was actually a valid Microsoft Windows file, a Debugger Registrar for Java.
The email said its purpose was to warn to Hotmail users of a virus spreading via MSN Messenger, and that it was not detected by McAfee or Norton AntiVirus.
See also
- False authority syndrome
- List of hoaxes