I received message today from a friend who told me that his address book had been infected by a virus that was possibly passed on to everyone in his address book. I did what he instructed me to do and found that my computer did have the virus he described. I followed his instructions and deleted it, but it has probably been passed on to everyone in my address book (which means you). I am, therefore giving you the the exact instructions and information given to me, and I urge you to follow the instructions and get rid of the virus. It seem to lay dormant for 14 days. The message follows: The virus (called jdbgmgr.exe) is not detected by Norton or McAfee anti-virus 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 e-mails to your contacts. Here is how to check for the virus and how to get rid of it. You Must Do This: 1. Go to Start, Find or Search option. 2. In the files/folders option, write the name jdbgmgr.exe 3. Be sure you search your C drive and any other drives you may have. 4. Click 'find now'. 5. The virus has a teddy bear icon with the name jdbgmgr.exe (Do not Open It). 6. Go to Edit. Choose 'Select All' to highlight the file without opening it. 7. Now go to File and select Delete. It will go to the recycle bin. 8. Go to Recycle Bin and delete it there as well. If you find the virus, you must contact all of the people in your address book sot hat they can eradicate it in their own address books. I'm sorry about his. I am sure eveyrone in my address will have it.

Not to worry, Bob. This is one of those hoax viruses. The first clue is hoaxes always say that anti-virus programs are helpless. :-) Here is the link for the Norton (Symantic) hoax virus page regarding this one: http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/jdbgmgr.exe.file.hoax.html A good place to start when you receive email regarding a virus is this page: http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/vinfodb.html Use the search option to put in the name of the virus and you can quickly find out if it is real or not. Cheers! Judy Bob Gullett wrote:I received message today from a friend who told me that his address book had been infected by a virus that was possibly passed on to everyone in his address book. I did what he instructed me to do and found that my computer did have the virus he described. I followed his instructions and deleted it, but it has probably been passed on to everyone in my address book (which means you). I am, therefore giving you the the exact instructions and information given to me, and I urge you to follow the instructions and get rid of the virus. It seem to lay dormant for 14 days. The message follows: The virus (called jdbgmgr.exe) is not detected by Norton or McAfee anti-virus 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 e-mails to your contacts. Here is how to check for the virus and how to get rid of it. You Must Do This: 1. Go to Start, Find or Search option. 2. In the files/folders option, write the name jdbgmgr.exe 3. Be sure you search your C drive and any other drives you may have. 4. Click 'find now'. 5. The virus has a teddy bear icon with the name jdbgmgr.exe (Do not Open It). 6. Go to Edit. Choose 'Select All' to highlight the file without opening it. 7. Now go to File and select Delete. It will go to the recycle bin. 8. Go to Recycle Bin and delete it there as well. If you find the virus, you must contact all of the people in your address book sot hat they can eradicate it in their own address books. I'm sorry about his. I am sure eveyrone in my address will have it. --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs, a Yahoo! service - Search Thousands of New Jobs