Hello I just received this message, from a member of The Howard County Genealogical Society and did find the mentioned "sulfnbk" in my system and deleted it. So you can take this for what it is worth and make your own disission, but its easy to find if you have it.. Richard Hello, Sorry to have to send you a message like this, but it might be important. I received a message that I may have been sent a computer virus and it's transmitted via your address book. I did have it and have deleted from my system. Because you are in my address book, you may have it. It is not picked up by Norton or McAfee. It lies dormant for 14 days, then closes down your system. Following is an effective way to get rid of it. Directions: 1. go to start - then to "search or find" 2. In the "search files or folder" type on sulfnbk.exe - this is the virus 3. in the "look in" make sure you're searching Drive C 4. Hit "search or find" button 5. if this 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. If asked if you want to send it to your recycle bin, say yes. 8. go to your desktop recycle bin and double click on the recycle bin 9. right click on sulfnbk.exe and delete again - or empty bin 10. If you find it, send this e-mail to all in your address book because this is how it is transferred.
This hoax has been hitting the lists hard. DO NOT delete this file. It is the file in Windows which backs-up and restores file names larger that 8 characters. If in doubt about who to trust, always go to one of the many sites which identifies all known viruses and those which identify hoaxes and urban myths (that's a nice euphemism for lies and tricks). There is an excellent list of Hoax identification sites at http://symantec.com http://enterprisesecurity.symantec.com/content.cfm?articleid=1123&PID=na&EID=0 Symantec also has known Virus identification and information on their home page under: The New Danger: Blended Threats December 13, 2001 <http://www.symantec.com/images/homepage/spacer Download Latest Virus Definitions <http://www.symantec.com/images/homepage/spacer.gif> Search Virus Encyclopedia <http://www.symantec.com/images/homepage/spacer.gif> Now, I hope we all can get back to the fascinating search for family and ancestral lines in and around Baltimore County.