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    1. [SCHOFIELD] Fw: VIRUS PRECAUTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    2. robert schofield
    3. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Bird" <[email protected]> To: "robert schofield" <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]>; "Linda Hawkins" <[email protected]>; "R Smith" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; "Charles Anderson" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 8:36 PM Subject: VIRUS PRECAUTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > Dear Friends, > We received a serious virus alert from a friend please check your > computer before June 1st to check the virus is not present in your > computer. It is lying dormant until the June 1st so you must get rid > of it. In searching my own computer I found it lying there so please > act as it may have carried over on the back of our email to you. > > Best regards > Alan Bird > > I have found a hidden virus in my computer. It will become activate on > June 1st and will delete all files and folders on the hard drives. No > anti > virus software can detect it because it doesn't become a virus until > 1/6/01. It travels through email and migrate to your computer. > Please follow the instruction below to clean the VIRUS from your > computer. > VIRUS COULD BE IN YOUR COMPUTER. > To find it please follow the following directions: > Go to "START" button > Go to "Find" or "Search" > Go to files and folders > Make sure to search in drive C (or all your fixed drives) > Type in; SULFNBK.EXE > Begin Search > If it finds it, highlight it and delete it (Don't execute it, or > double > click on it!) > Close the dialogue 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 sent ANY e-mail > to in the past few months. > Many Major companies have found this VIRUS on their computers. > Whatever you do, DO NOT open the file. >

    05/30/2001 03:05:31
    1. Re: [SCHOFIELD] Fw: VIRUS PRECAUTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    2. Donna Powell
    3. read this first before you believe http://antivirus.about.com/compute/antivirus/library/weekly/aa 051601a.htm http://antivirus.about.com/compute/antivirus/library/weekly/mc urrent.htm?once=true&

    05/30/2001 01:40:57