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March 15 2012 - 12:55PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
March 15, 2012
DREYFUS VARIABLE
INVESTMENT FUND
-QUALITY BOND PORTFOLIO
Supplement to
Prospectus,
dated May 1, 2011
The following information supersedes and
replaces any contrary information contained in the section of the prospectus
entitled "Fund Summary – Portfolio Management."
The
fund's investment adviser is The Dreyfus Corporation. David R. Bowser is the
fund's primary portfolio manager, a position he has held since July 2008. Mr.
Bowser is an employee of The Dreyfus Corporation and Standish Mellon Asset
Management Company LLC (Standish), an affiliate of The Dreyfus Corporation.
Mr. Bowser is Director of Active Fixed Income and Senior Portfolio Manager at
Standish.
The
following information supersedes and replaces any contrary information
contained in the third paragraph of the section of the prospectus entitled "Fund
Details – Management."
David
R. Bowser is the fund's primary portfolio manager, a position he has held since
July 2008. Mr. Bowser is Director of Active Fixed Income and Senior Portfolio
Manager at Standish Mellon Asset Management Company LLC (Standish), an
affiliate of Dreyfus. Mr. Bowser joined Standish in 2000 and has been employed
by Dreyfus since July 2006.