A virus has been passed on to me by a contact. Our 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 antivirus system. The 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 is 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 to search your C-drive and all the subfolders and any other drives you may have. 4. Click "Find now" 5. The virus has a grey teddybear 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 to 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 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 and enter subject and paste to E-mail and send. Remember to do this all very quickly.

You have been hoaxed! jdbgmgr.exe is a normal part of a Windows computer; it's used by Java. It is not a virus and you shouldn't remove it and you shouldn't send out virus warnings unless you've confirmed them with a reliable 3rd party, like www.snopes.com . Richard Aurand Sherer At 02:24 PM 3/1/2003 -0500, Nancy and Brian wrote: >A virus has been passed on to me by a contact. Our 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 antivirus system. The 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 is 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 to search your C-drive and all the subfolders and any other >drives you may have. >4. Click "Find now" >5. The virus has a grey teddybear 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 >to 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 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 and enter subject and paste to E-mail and send. > > > >Remember to do this all very quickly. > > > > > >==== PALEBANO Mailing List ==== >Lebanon County Historical Society Home Page: ><http://www.lebanonhistory.org>

PLEASE DO NOT PASS ON POSSIBLE VIRUS INFORMATION TO THIS LIST WITHOUT GETTING APPROVAL FROM THE LIST ADMINISTRATOR! Most of these are hoaxes (as this one is) and if you do as they say you very possibly will delete from your computer a very necessary file needed by your system. See: http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/jdbgmgr.exe.file.hoax.html There is a list at Rootsweb to discuss viruses - that's where this posting should have been made, not to a genealogy mailing list. Also, viruses will NEVER be passed along through a Rootsweb mailing list - they must come directly to you from an individual. Thank you. -Linnea Miller List Administrator At 2:24 PM -0500 3/1/03, Nancy and Brian wrote: >A virus has been passed on to me by a contact. Our 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 antivirus system. The 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 is how >to check for the virus and get rid of it: > --