--- a/simpledatamodeladapter/src/presencepluginvirtualgroup.cpp	Mon Mar 15 12:42:13 2010 +0200
+++ b/simpledatamodeladapter/src/presencepluginvirtualgroup.cpp	Wed Mar 31 22:15:41 2010 +0300
@@ -102,7 +102,9 @@
         for ( TInt i=0; i < count; i++ )
             {
             MXIMPIdentity* member = myFactory.NewIdentityLC(); 
-            member->SetIdentityL( (*iVirtualMember)[i] );
+            HBufC* withoutPrefix = iPresenceData->RemovePrefixLC( (*iVirtualMember)[i] );
+            member->SetIdentityL( *withoutPrefix );
+            CleanupStack::PopAndDestroy( withoutPrefix );
             // create here MXIMPPresentityGroupMemberInfo
             MPresentityGroupMemberInfo* info = 
                 iConnObs.PresenceObjectFactoryOwn().