Better to be safe than sorry. Please check this out. I found this file on my computer, it came from a friend of a friend. Sorry if I have infected anyone. To: All Departments at the Home Office All Directors All Consultants From: Jon Hodges, President of Petra Fashions It was brought to my attention yesterday that a virus was on all of our computers here at the office. I do not know how long it has been on our computers, but Virus software can not detect it. It will not become active until June 1, 2001, at that point it will become active and will be too late. 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. To find it and get rid of it off of your computer, do the following. Go to the "START" button. Go to "FIND" or "SEARCH" Go to "FILES & FOLDERS" Make sure the find box is searching the "C:" drive. Type in; SULFNBK.EXE Begin search. If it finds it, highlight it. Go to 'File' and delete it. Close the find Dialog box Open the Recycle Bin Find the file and delete it from the Recycle bin You should be safe. The bad part is: You need to contact everyone you have sent ANY E-mail to in the past few months. I do not know how long this has been on our computers. Two computers at Midlands Tech. have been found with this virus on it. One I had sent E-mail to, one I have not. DO NOT RELY ON YOUR ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE. McAFEE NOR NORTON CAN DETECT IT BECAUSE IT DOES NOT BECOME A VIRUS UNTIL JUNE 1ST. IT WILL BE TOO LATE THEN. WHATEVER YOU DO, DO NOT OPEN THE FILE!!!

Al & Fran, As has been posted elsewhere this week, this warning is a hoax. The file,SULFNBK.EXE, is part of the Windows Operating System. If you delete it Windows will not work. Alice Gayley Al and Fran Plyler wrote: > Better to be safe than sorry. Please check this out. > > I found this file on my computer, it came from a friend of a friend. > Sorry if I have infected anyone. > > To: All Departments at the Home Office > All Directors > All Consultants > From: Jon Hodges, President of Petra Fashions > > It was brought to my attention yesterday that a virus was on all of our > computers here at the office. I do not know how long it has been on our > computers, but Virus software can not detect it. It will not become > active until June 1, 2001, at that point it will become active and will > be too late. 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. > To find it and get > rid of it off of your computer, do the following. > Go to the "START" button. > Go to "FIND" or "SEARCH" > Go to "FILES & FOLDERS" > Make sure the find box is searching the "C:" drive. > Type in; SULFNBK.EXE > Begin search. > If it finds it, highlight it. > Go to 'File' and delete it. > Close the find Dialog box > Open the Recycle Bin > Find the file and delete it from the Recycle bin > You should be safe. > The bad part is: You need to contact everyone you have sent ANY > E-mail to in the past few months. I do not know how long this has > been on our computers. Two computers at Midlands Tech. have been > found with this virus on it. One I had sent E-mail to, one I have > not. > DO NOT RELY ON YOUR ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE. > McAFEE NOR NORTON CAN DETECT IT BECAUSE IT DOES NOT BECOME A VIRUS UNTIL > JUNE 1ST. IT WILL BE TOO LATE THEN. WHATEVER YOU DO, DO NOT OPEN THE > FILE!!! > > > > ==== PAARMSTR Mailing List ====

This is a HOAX. Do not delete that file - read on: Virus Hoax > >A virus hoax email is currently spreading, advising people >to delete the file sulfnbk.exe from their systems, because >it is a virus set to trigger on June 1. The email also >says that the file is not detectable by anti-virus >software. > >The file is not a virus. The sulfnbk.exe file is installed >in every version of Microsoft Windows, and is actually a >useful utility that is used to restore long file names. >Anti-virus software does not detect the file as a virus >because it is not a virus, and does not normally contain a >virus. > >The warning email is another example of social engineering, >taking advantage of well-meaning people, who are spreading >the fake warning. > >It is not yet known what users who have deleted this file >from their system should do, but Microsoft is working on >the issue. You can contact your computer vendor or >Microsoft Support for further assistance. We will of >course keep you updated. > >It is important to note that an actual virus, W32 >Magistr.24876, can arrive as an attached file named >sulfnbk.exe. The version of this file used by Windows is >typically located in the C:\Windows\Command folder. SARC >warns that if the file is located in any other folder, or >arrives via attachment, then the file should be checked >immediately using your anti-virus software. > >For additional information regarding this virus hoax, visit >our special Anti-Virus Page at InsiderRadio.com: > >http://www.insiderradio.com/internetinsider/iishows/virusindex.html > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Al and Fran Plyler" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 5:47 PM Subject: [PAARMSTR-L] Fw: FW: VIRUS WARNING!! This IS for real... > Better to be safe than sorry. Please check this out. > > I found this file on my computer, it came from a friend of a friend. > Sorry if I have infected anyone. > > To: All Departments at the Home Office > All Directors > All Consultants > From: Jon Hodges, President of Petra Fashions > > It was brought to my attention yesterday that a virus was on all of our > computers here at the office. I do not know how long it has been on our > computers, but Virus software can not detect it. It will not become > active until June 1, 2001, at that point it will become active and will > be too late. 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. > To find it and get > rid of it off of your computer, do the following. > Go to the "START" button. > Go to "FIND" or "SEARCH" > Go to "FILES & FOLDERS" > Make sure the find box is searching the "C:" drive. > Type in; SULFNBK.EXE > Begin search. > If it finds it, highlight it. > Go to 'File' and delete it. > Close the find Dialog box > Open the Recycle Bin > Find the file and delete it from the Recycle bin > You should be safe. > The bad part is: You need to contact everyone you have sent ANY > E-mail to in the past few months. I do not know how long this has > been on our computers. Two computers at Midlands Tech. have been > found with this virus on it. One I had sent E-mail to, one I have > not. > DO NOT RELY ON YOUR ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE. > McAFEE NOR NORTON CAN DETECT IT BECAUSE IT DOES NOT BECOME A VIRUS UNTIL > JUNE 1ST. IT WILL BE TOO LATE THEN. WHATEVER YOU DO, DO NOT OPEN THE > FILE!!! > > > > ==== PAARMSTR Mailing List ==== > > >