Edgar

Edgar, the virus hunter

Edgar is a programmer who writes antivirus and email utilities for the Compy 386, Lappy 486, and the Corpy NT6 systems. He may live with his mother, as he does all of his programming in various locations inside her house; he has many other relatives and associates who also write software. Edgar is likely a spoof of Peter Norton, original creator of Norton Utilities software, who appeared on the covers of software bearing his name in the 80s and 90s. The Edgar software suite is outdated.

Edgarware

"Now drop a train on 'em!"

Edgarware, or Edgar the Virus Hunter, is Strong Bad's anti-virus program on the Compy 386 and was copyrighted in 1982. He used it in the Strong Bad Email virus, in which it detected 423,827 viruses on the Compy. The viruses caused a Flagrant System Error and ended the computer before Edgarware had time to try to remove them. The program appeared again on Main Page 22. Even later, the floppy disk container for Strong Badia the Free revealed that Edgarware comes in a suite of related applications, including "anti-spam, anti-virus, anti-malware, anti-mail, anti-productivity, and antidisestablishmentarianism software".

This is the splash screen for Edgarware:

Edgar the Virus
Hunter

programmed entirely
in mom's basement  
by Edgar      c1982

Edga Jr.

The Edga Jr. Splash Screen

Edga Jr. is a software similar to Edgarware. Its purpose is to filter out emails that contain indents, since Strong Bad seems to dislike emails with multiple paragraphs. It first appears in the email long pants. Strong Bad calls Edga Jr. "one o' them red-haireded rapscalli...wags."

Its splash screen reads:

Edga Jr.
The Long Email
Killa Filta
 "Indent and Die!" 
programmed entirely in Mom's sewing room       c1989

The placeholder email address for the Deleteheads mailing list signup on the Index Page and the Trogdor!! The Board Game website is EdgarJr@traindropper.com.

Edgar's Baby's Daddy

Edgar's Baby's Daddy

Edgar's Baby's Daddy is a computer protection software similar to Edgarware and Edga Jr. It is a Homestar junkmail filter that filters out all emails sent by Homestar Runner, who seems to email Strong Bad several times a minute. Strong Bad has it installed on his Lappy 486. It was seen in the email candy product.

The filter screen reads:

Edgar´s Baby´s Daddy H*R Junkmail Filta

Subject Time Sender Re: Besing Friends Draw Trogdor again ;) Re: re: re: resending Re: PharamBlacy news Possible caper Rrrrates so low!!!! Shemp vs. Curly Joe It´s almost 10:25!! 10:22 10:22 10:23 10:23 10:23 10:24 10:24 10:24 Homestar Runner Homestar Runner Homestar Runner Homestar Runner Homestar Runner Homestar Runner Homestar Runner Homestar Runner

Grandmaw Edgar

"Good thing The Cheat hooked me up with this Cheatware!"

"Nice work, pixel granny!"

Grandmaw Edgar was given to Strong Bad by The Cheat. It was used by Strong Bad in from work in order to get around the corporate firewall and check his email. Its loading screen features an animation of Grandmaw Edgar pole vaulting over a brick wall into an envelope.

Its splash screen reads:

Grandmaw Edgar's
CORPORATE FIREWALL
GET-AROUNDER

Edgar's Older Cousin's Pet Ferret

Too many 'How do you tweet with boxing gloves on' tweets! Must... drop... train on em!!

Strong Bad, on his Twitter account, says that he uses Edgar's Older Cousin's Pet Ferret: The Redundant Tweet Obliterator to delete Tweets about how he can Tweet with boxing gloves on.

This program has never been shown in action, but its floppy disk reads:

Edgar's Older Cousin's
Pet Ferret:

The Redundant
Tweet Obliterator

Edgar Jr's Cool Babysitter

"It does when I utilize THIS bad girl!"

Strong Bad uses Edgar Jr's Cool Babysitter's Twee-Mail Converter to convert Tweets to emails, according to @StrongBadActual. The spelling of Edgar Jr's name here indicates that "Edga Jr." may be just a nickname.

Its splash screen reads:

Edgar Jr's Cool Babysitter's
TWEE-MAIL CONVERTER

programmed entirely while Edgar Jr.
was in the bath.

Edgar's Luddite Paw-Paw

"Good thing I've got this old timer workin' for me."

The third Edgar-related software to be introduced by @StrongBadActual, Edgar's Luddite Paw-Paw's Unfortunate Tweet Deleter is what Strong Bad uses to delete unfortunate or confusing Tweets. The Unfortunate Tweet Deleter seems to have been in action at least once, to delete a misleading Tweet about Trogdor!! The Board Game's release date.

Its splash screen reads:

Edgar's Luddite Paw-Paw's
UNFORTUNATE TWEET DELETER

Programmed entirely by
whippersnappers both young & ornery

Edgar, King of All Streams

Stream it down, son.

Strong Bad tested Edgar, King of All Streams to stream a playthrough of Tass Times in Tonetown on 19 Mar 2020. The connection only lasted about twenty seconds before being "VERY LOST".

The program's splash screen reads:

Edgar, King
of All Streams

datastreaming software
mostly for flightsims
and zorklikes

programmed entirely in
the dungeon of Castle Edgar

Edgar's Checkbook Balance Blastas!

In Disk 4 of 12 - FriendlyWare, Strong Bad suggests this as one of the games available next to "Eye & Hearing Test".

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|_____Edgar's Checkbook______|
|____¥ Balance Blastas! ¥____|
|____________________________|
|________|>_____*$$*_________|
|____________________________|
|_______programmed at________|
|___length in dark corners___|
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Hit Counter

Back to a Website shows an old fashioned hit counter credited as having been made by Edgar.

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See Also

• Floppy Disk Container
• Strong Bad's Computer Malfunctioning
• Strong Bad's Technology
• The Virus