Don't do this!!!! It is a hoax that makes it's rounds periodically. EdrieAnne ----- Original Message ----- From: "wdbryant" <wdbryant@lasvegas.net> To: <TX-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2003 10:55 AM Subject: [TX-CEN] Please check for this virus > From: Paul Bryant <pdb1957@hotmail.com> > To: <msbren@hotmail.com>; <tag@swbell.net>; <bryantokc@hotmail.com>; <kandegurlaz@yahoo.com>; <a6m5@swbell.net>; <JeffJz@Pennwell.com>; <jkbryant60@hotmail.com>; <okjharris@prodigy.net>; <meggiemagoo3@hotmail.com>; <mgoin@ctechok.org>; <maddmikie@hotmail.com>; <llcoolnick@hotmail.com>; <OkieRose66@hotmail.com>; <salibadm@hotmail.com>; <SRF32@aol.com>; <ccgop@swbell.net>; <wdbryant@lasvegas.net> > Date: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 5:56 PM > > Hi Everyone: > > > A virus has been passed on to me by a contact. My address book has in turn > been affected. Since you are in my address book there is a good chance you > will find it in your computer too. I should explain that this is a > replication virus only and will not hurt your system unless you double click > on it. All it's doing now is replicating itself throughout address > books...I followed the direction below and eradicated the virus easily. > > > 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's how you 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 subfolders and any other > drives you may have. > > > 4. Click "find now" > > > 5. The virus has a teddy bear icon with the name jdbgmgr.e! xe. DO NOT OPEN > IT!!!! > > > 6. Go to edit (on the menu bar), 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 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" > > d): Copy this message.....enter subject.....paste to e-mail....and send. > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus > > > > ==== TX-CENSUS-LOOKUP Mailing List ==== > To Unsub from digest mail mode, send the command "unsubscribe" to > XX-CENSUS-LOOKUP-D-request@rootsweb.com (Remove the XX and replace it with your state abbreviation ) > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >