I have received a bunch of these and I am very sorry. I forwarding this message to everyone I sent the original too. I have already removed the file . Joan I apologize again I feel very badly I should have checked first to see if it was a hoax. Joan Julia wrote: > > It IS a hoax, and if you removed that file, then you have removed an > important piece of your windows operating system. > > DO NOT REMOVE THIS FILE from your system: > sulfnbk.exe > > It is NOT a virus. It is in your system for a reason...do NOT delete it. > > Julia > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joan M Ross" <joross@socal.rr.com> > To: <GEN-NYS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 12:43 PM > Subject: [Fwd: virus] > > > Hey! I don't know if this is a hoax or not but I did find the file when > > I checked and I got rid of it. Good Luck!!! > > > > > Edward J Zender wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hey, everybody! > > > > > > A friend sent me this message to let me know that I may have > > > a virus passed along through my address book. I found the virus even > though I have virus scan. It 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" or "search" > > > (depends 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 that you are looking in > > > the C drive > > > 4. Hit the "search" button (or find) > > > 5. If this file shows up (it's an ugly black 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 if you want to send it to the recycle > > > bin, say yes. > > > 8. Go to your desktop (where all of your icons are) and > > > double click > > > on the Recycle Bin. > > > 9. Right click on "sulfnbk.exe" and delete it again - or > > > empty > > > the recycle bin. > > > > > > Last - if you find it, send this e-mail to everyone in > > > your address book!! > > > That is how it is transferred. > > > > > > If you have itAm sorry, but it was passed on to me, I hope it > > > wasn't passed to you......EM & RPF > > > > > > ==== GEN-NYS Mailing List ==== > > Visit the GEN-NYS-L web page: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nozell/GEN-NYS-L/ > >