It is a hoax. See http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/jdbgmgr.exe.file.hoax.html Edward Gisske, P.E. Gisske Engineering 608-523-1900 gisske@offex.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "tims" To: Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 9:23 PM Subject: (OT) VIRUS ALERT.maybe? i got this email i can't find out anything about this type of virus. is it a hoax? well anyway my system had it in windows\system with teddy bear icon? i manually dumped it into quarantine. The virus called jdbe.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 address book whether or not you sent e-mail to your contacts. Here is how to check for the virus and how to get rid of it: PLEASE DO THIS ASAP. 1. Go to Start, then click your "find" or search" option. 2. In the folder option, type the name jdbgm 3. Be sure to search your C drive (it was in the 'system' folder on my computer) and all the sub folders and othere 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. Select the file -- highlight the file without opening it. 7. Delete the file. It will be sent to the recycling bin. If you find the virus, you must contact all the people in your address book so that they may eradicate the virus from their own address books. To do this: 1. Open a new e-mail message. 2. Click the icon address book contacts) next to To" 3. Highlight every name and add to "BCC" 4. Copy this message and paste to e-mail. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads