Charlie just mailed this to me and I am doing what he told me and I did find this teddy bear thing and I removed it. I hope I haven't done anything I shouldn't have. You all know I am a little bit computer illiterate. Mine was under my C drive. Thanks, Mary I just received this message from a fellow subscriber to a mailing list, and did in fact find the virus in my system, which I have since removed. I am very sorry for the inconvenience to each of you! Charles LaRobardier Hi everybody, I am really sorry to send you this but it seems that I was infected by a nasty virus. Since this was in my computer and it attaches itself to all addresses in my address book, it is also on yours. This was inadvertently sent to me by a friend because it was in her computer. The virus (called jdbgmgr.exe) is not detected by Nortoon or McAfee anitvirus systems. The virus sits quietly for 14 days before damaging the system. It is sent automatically by messenger and by the address book, whether or not you sent an e-mail to your contacts. Here's how to check for the virus and how to get rid of it: 1. go to start, find or search option. 2. in the file folder option, type the name jdbgmgr.exe 3. be sure you search you C: drive and all subfolders and any other drives you may have 4. click "find now" 5. the virus has a Teddy Bear icon with name jdbgmgr.exe DO NOT OPEN IT! 6. go to edit (on the menu bar) and choose "select all" to highlight the file without opening it 7. now go to file (on the menu bar) and select delete. It will then go to the Recycle Bin 8. IF YOU FIND THE VIRUS YOU MUST CONTACT ALL THE PEOPLE IN YOUR ADDRESS BOOK, SO THEY CAN ERADICATE IT IN THEIR OWN ADDRESS BOOKS To do This: a) Open a new e-mail message b) Click the icon of the address book next to the "TO" c) Highlight every name and add to "BCC" (which means blind copy) d) Copy this message and paste to e-mail Sorry about this everybody, it was passed on to me by a friend who it was passed on to her by a friend. This is not hard to get rid of but you have to be sure you do it right. Sorry guys! Bev and Jack Lavell