You fool! You foolish fool!

I got an e-mail from a friend this morning.

A virus may have been passed on to me by a contact. My
address
book WAS infected. Since you are in my address book,
there
is a good chance you may find it in your computer too.

Oh NO! That's terrible. Thanks for letting me know. So, what virus are we dealing with?

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
Emails to
your contacts.

Blimey. I've got Norton Anti-Virus running on my PC, but even that can't help. So what can I do?

Here's how to check for the virus and how to get rid
of
it: YOU MUST DO THIS

Sure thing! Those capital letters are really persuasive!

1. Go to Start, Find or search option
2. In the file'folder option, type the name
jdbgmgr.exe

5. The Virus has a Teddy Bear icon with the name
jdbgmgr.exe DO NOT OPEN IT
6. Go to Edit (on menu bar), 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.

You want me to put a virus into the Recycle Bin? Surely it should be deleted, oblitereted, annihilated, and stamped on? Why don't you tell me to empty the recycle bin too?

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

So let me get this straight. You want me to delete a file on my PC just because you say so. Hmmm. I know, let's have a quick search on the web first.

Let's use everone's favourite search engine Google to find out a bit more about "jdbgmgr.exe".

...oh look, it's a HOAX. Good job I checked, otherwise I might have deleted a perfectly normal file like you just did.

HAHAHAHHAHAHAAHHA.

(with a nod of acknowledgement towards Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth from Futurama and his quote)