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Please note that there is no cause for concern - the file in question is a
legitimate windows file. It's reputation as a virus is a long-running hoax.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peters, Caroline
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 9:09 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: virus - urgent info
>
>
> I just found out I received a virus that automatically is
> passed through
>
> email address books. Since you are in my address book, you
> will probably
>
> find it in your computer too. The virus (called jdbg.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 email 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 and all the Sub folders 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 (on the menu bar) and choose "SELECT ALL" to
> highlight the
>
> file without opening it
>
> 7) Now go to File (on the menu bar) and select "DELETE" . It
> will then go
>
> to the recycle 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 or Contacts next to "TO"
>
> 3) Highlight every name and add to "BCC"
>
> 4) copy and past this message and click "Send"
>
> Caroline Peters
> Family Learning Co-ordinator
> Sheffield Galleries & Museums Trust
> www.sheffieldgalleries.org.uk
> EMail:  [log in to unmask]
> Tel:  0114 2782652
> Fax:  0114 2750957
> This is an email from Sheffield Galleries & Museums Trust.
> Its contents are
> confidential to the intended recipient at the email address
> to which it has
> been addressed.  It may not be disclosed to or used by anyone
> other than
> this addressee, or may it be copied in any way. If received
> in error, please
> contact Sheffield Galleries & Museums Trust on
> +44-(0)114-278-2607 quoting
> the name of the sender and the addressee, then delete it from
> your system.
> Please note that neither Sheffield Galleries & Museums Trust
> nor the sender
> accepts any responsibility for viruses and it is your
> responsibility to scan
> attachments (if any).
>