This is a message that I received and I followed his instructions and found the virus PLEASE do the same My McFee program would not find it either. I am serious as a heart attack. I go by many names so pick one of the following. Virgil P Holden Virgil Paul GPA DAD ----- Original Message ----- From: "J. Michael Hall, PhD, CSA" <moneymanager@inficad.com> To: <Recipient list suppressed> Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2001 7:14 AM Subject: virus !! read now and delete it quick..important !!! > This is no joke! > > I recieved the message below, checked it out and found out I had the > virus in my C drive. You are in my address book, so please check your > computer. I do not want to be responsible for this kind of destruction. > Somehow, the virus made it through on the Gustavus server and my anti-virus > programs, which was a big surprise. > > The virus lies dormant for 14 days and then kills your hard drive. > Here's how to stop it. If you've got it, send this to everyone in your > address book. > > Remove it by the following steps: > > 1. Go to "start" - then to "find our search" (depending on your > computer.) > 2. In the "search for files or folders" type sulfnbk.exe - - this is > the virus. > 3. In the "look in" make sure you're searching Drive C > 4. Hit "search" button (or find) > 5. If this file shows up (it's an ugly blackish icon that will have > the name "sulfnbk.exe) DO NOT OPEN IT !!!!! > > 6. RIGHT CLICK ON THE FILE - GO DOWN TO DELETE AND LEFT CLICK. > 7. It will ask you if you want to send it to the recycle bin, say > yes. > 8. Go to your desk top (where all your icons are) and double click on > theRecycle bin. > 9. Right click on "sulfnbk.exe" and delete again - - or empty the > bin. > > If you find it, send this e-mail to all in your address book, because > that's how it's transferred! > >

The following is clip and pasted (minus the foreign-language versions) from www.norton.com. The email you received is a hoax. You might want to re-install your MS program to restore the file(s) you deleted. << SULFNBK.EXE Warning Reported on: April 17, 2001 Last Updated on: December 7, 2001 at 04:10:58 PM PST Printer-friendly version Tell a Friend Symantec Security Response encourages you to ignore any messages regarding this hoax. It is harmless and is intened only to cause unwarranted concern. Type: Hoax Description: The following hoax email was first reported in Brazil. The original email is in Portuguese; it is followed by several other versions. CAUTIONS: This particular email message is a hoax. The file that is mentioned in the hoax, however, Sulfnbk.exe, is a Microsoft Windows utility that is used to restore long file names, and like any .exe file, it can be infected by a virus that targets .exe files. The virus/worm W32.Magistr.24876@mm can arrive as an attachment named Sulfnbk.exe. The Sulfnbk.exe file used by Windows is located in the C:\Windows\Command folder. If the file is located in any other folder, or arrives as an attachment to a email message, then it is possible that the file is infected. In this case, if a scan with the latest virus definitions and with NAV set to scan all files does not detect the file as being infected, quarantine and submit the file to SARC for analysis by following the instructions in the document How to submit a file to SARC using Scan and Deliver. If you have deleted the Sulfnbk.exe file from the C:\Windows\Command folder and want to know how to restore the file, see the How to restore the Sulfnbk.exe file section at the end of this document. English versions Version 1 Do you believe that a friend of mine sent me an alert and the procedure that we have to follow for the possible infection of SULFNBK.EXE. And I had checked, just to make sure. An then... the file was there, hidden even of McAfee and Norton, maybe waiting something to start work. Well, see bellow the procedure that I followed step by step, and I found the file: 1. Start/Find Folders. Type the file name: SULFNBK.EXE 2. If it find, open Windows Explorer, browse into the folder where the file is and delete it. Do not click with left button on the file and do not open it. 3. Just delete it 4. Mine was on Windows/Command 5. The virus from the person who gave the alert was on Windows/Config Yes, Norton and McAfee do not detect it. We do not know if it makes some damage on the machine, but I think that anybody will not want to test it to know, will it? Folks, this is not fun, I deleted it from my computer. And my definitions are updated. Do the same, ok? Version 2 This one has additional text stating that the virus will activate on June 1st. It was brought to my attention yesterday that a virus is in circulation via email. I looked for it and to my surprise I found it on mine. .. Please follow the directions and remove it from yours TODAY!!!!!!! No Virus software can detect it. It will become active on June 1, 2001. It might be too late by then. It wipes out all files and folders on the hard drive. This virus travels thru E-mail and migrates to the 'C:\windows\command' folder. The bad part is: You need to contact everyone you have sent ANY E-mail to in the past few months. Many major companies have found this virus on their computers. Please help your friends !!!!!!!! DO NOT RELY ON YOUR ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE. McAFEE and NORTON CANNOT DETECT IT BECAUSE IT DOES NOT BECOME A VIRUS UNTIL JUNE 1ST. WHATEVER YOU DO, DO NOT OPEN THE FILE!!!