All, First I offer my apology for the inconvenience.  Second, I'll say that this was passed to me and I checked and I had the files in my computer.  I have no idea how that happened, but am forwarding for your awareness.  On a brighter note, hope you are all doing well :)  And I suppose this is one way to keep in touch, though I think friendly emails are a better and more enjoyable option...Take care.  If anyone knows more about this virus, I'm interested.  Seems a bit odd, but apparently true. I'm sorry to say that I found the nasty little virus described below on my hard drive.  It's possible that it may have been automatically transmitted to anyone in my address book.  Please read the message below that was sent to me and follow the directions to rid your computer of this bug if you find it.  This is not a joke, serious damage could occur to your computer.  Luckily, it's easy to get rid of it, but do this now! A virus has been passed on to me by a contact. MY address book in turn has been infected. Since you are in my address book there is a chance that you will find it in your computer too. I followed the instructions below and eradicated the virus easily. The virus (called jdbgmgr.exe) is not detected by Norton or Mcafee anti-virus system. This virus sits quietly for 14 days before damaging the system. Messenger and the address book send it automatically, whether or not you send emails to your contacts. Here's how to check for the virus and get rid of it: 1. Go to start, Find or Search option 2. In the file/folders option, type the name: jdbgmgr.exe 3. Be sure you search your C-drive and all the sub-folders and any other drives you may have. 4. Click: "Find now" 5. The virus has a grey teddy bear icon with the 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 the File (on the menu bar) and select DELETE. It will then go the recycle bin. 8. Go to the Recycle Bin and delete it there as well. 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: 1. Open a new email message 2. Click the icon of the address book next to the "To" 3. Highlight every name and add >to "BCC" 4. Copy this message, enter subject and paste to email, and send Please remember, you have to do this very quickly...