> > From: "Paul Spidle" <[email protected]> > To: "Woody Woodlawn" <[email protected]>, > "'Bill Williamson'" <[email protected]>, > Subject: Fw: I received the message below tonight, and did find the > referenced file. Not sure if a hoax, but better safe than sorry, I guess. > Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 18:30:23 -0500 > X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 > > > > Hi, > > I received an email with a virus...that I have found and deleted. > Please follow the instructions below > and see if you have it. I checked to see if I did, and I did. It > transfers to whoever is in your > address book. It lies dormant for 14 days, then kills your hard drive. > Here's how to stop it. If you > find it, send this to everyone in your address book. > > 1. go to start - then to "find or search" > > 2. in the "search for files or folders" - type in sulfnbk.exe - this is > the virus > > 3. in the "look in" make sure you're searching Drive C > > 4. hit "search" 0r "find" > > 5. If this file 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. It will ask if you want to send to the recycle bin -- say yes > > 8. Go to your desktop (where all your icons are) and double click > recycle bin > > 9. right click on sulfnbk.exe and delete again or just empty the > recycle bin. > > If you find this virus, send this to everyone in your address > book...because that is how it is > transferred.
Please check with a virus hoax web site before passing on any virus notice. Here are two: http://www.vmyths.com/hoax.cfm http://urbanlegends.about.com/cs/virushoaxes/index.htm A search at the latter on "sulfnbk" brought up this page: http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/blsulfnbk.htm?terms=sulfnbk Basically, DON'T follow the directions in this message. SULFNBK.EXE is a Windows system file and should not be deleted. The file can be infected with a virus (very unlikely), in which case you need to disinfect it, but you should not delete the file.