Earl, You have no virus nor have you sent one. This is a well known virus hoax. The file it says to look for is a normal Windows file used to allow some kinds of long file names. If you deleted it, you should be able to reinstall it from your Windows CD ROM. Garland Edgell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Earl Thompson" <eetcct@earthlink.net> To: <MDCAROLI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 6:46 PM Subject: [MDCAROLI] Fw: (no subject) > > A friend sent this to us and my computer had the virus from a message sent to Tina from her friend > -------------------------------------- > > Subject: Virus > I received this note this morning. I found this virus in my file and deleted > it. Please do the same to prevent damage to your computer. The person who > sent this to me apologises for the inconvenience. It is very important that > you do this! > > We have unwittingly just been infected with a virus from someone's email. > This virus sends itself to all the addresses in the address book of the > computer it has arrived at. Since you are in our address book, it will get > to you. Take the time and remove it now - the instructions are easy to > follow and we got rid of the virus in about 30 seconds. Some versions of > anti virus software including Norton and Inoculate T have not been able to > detect it. It is said that the virus hides in the computer for 2 weeks and > then damages the dist irreparably. The virus is called sulfnbk.exe. Many > apologies for the trouble this is causing. > > 1. Go to "Start" and click on "find." > 2. In the box "find files or folders" write sulfnbk.exe (the name of the > virus). > 3. Make sure you are searching in the C-Drive (check in the box marked > "Search in"). > 4. Click on Find or Search. > 5. If the file is found you will see an ugly black icon with the name > sulfnbk.exe. The file is a program. DO NOT OPEN IT!!! If it does appear, try > the same procedure again. > 6. Click on the RIGHT button of the mouse, on the file, and then click on > delete with the LEFT button of the mouse. > 7. You will be asked if you want to send the file to the wastebasket. > Respond YES. > 8. Go to the Desktop (where all the icons are), open the wastebasket and > eliminate the file, manually or by emptying the entire wastebasket. > 9 If you find this virus in your computer, send this email to all the > people in your address book, because the virus is transmitted in this way. > If you don't warn them, aside from ruining their hard disk, it will come > back to you if you are in their address book. > Once again, apologies. > > > > > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >