----- Original Message -----
From: Rinard, Clarice <clarice(a)SLAC.Stanford.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, 30 May, 2001 8:35 PM
Subject: FYI... FW: ALERT From InfoWorld: E-mail virus hoax makes users d
othe di rty work
From our security people here at SLAC... -Clarice
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cowles, Robert D.
> Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 4:42 PM
> To: mail-admin; Virus Alert; ntadmin-l
> Cc: scs-l
> Subject: FW: ALERT From InfoWorld: E-mail virus hoax makes
> users do the
> di rty work
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> People at the Lab have already received this ....
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> INFOWORLD ALERT: SECURITY ALERT
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> Wednesday, May 30, 2001
>
> E-MAIL VIRUS HOAX MAKES USERS DO THE DIRTY WORK
>
> May 30, 2001 02:39 PM
>
> IN THE LATEST perverse trickery pulled off by someone
> taking pleasure in computer users' pain, a fake virus
> warning is circulating by e-mail asking people to
> delete an innocuous and uninfected executable
> Microsoft Windows file and then to pass the warning on
> to others.
>
>
> For Full Story:
>
http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/05/30/010530hnhoax.xml?053
> 0alert
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> Subject: FW: Virus Warning. PLEASE READ BEFORE JUNE 1
>
>
> >
> > I, too, had this virus but it was easy to get rid of.
> > [Jeannene Minnix-Rubino] Jeannene
> > >
> > > Hi everyone. I also found this virus on my PC. Please spread the
> > > word.
> > >
> > > m.
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: ...
> > > Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 6:19 PM
> > > To: ...
> > > Subject: Virus Warning
> > >
> > > THIS IS NOT A JOKE - I FOUND THIS ON MY PC
> > > I received this virus warning Tuesday, May 29. I followed the
> > > instructions and sure enough, my computer was infected. I've got
> > > anti-virus software and it did not pick it up!
> > >
> > > Please read the following carefully.
> > > URGENT. A VIRUS could be in your computer files now, dormant but
> > > will become active on June 1. FOLLOW DIRECTIONS BELOW TO CHECK
> > > IF YOU HAVE IT AND TO REMOVE IT NOW.
> > >
> > > It was brought to my attention today that a virus is in
> > > circulation via email. I looked for it and to my surprise I found
> > > it on mine...
> > >
> > > Please follow the directions and remove it from yours
> > > TODAY!!!!!!! No Virus software can detect it. It will become
> > > active on June 1, 2001. It might be too late by then. 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. Many major companies have found
> > > this virus on their computers. Please help your friends !!!!!!!!
> > >
> > > DO NOT RELY ON YOUR ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE. McAFEE and NORTON CANNOT
> > > DETECT IT BECAUSE IT DOES NOT BECOME A VIRUS UNTIL JUNE 1ST.
> > > WHATEVER YOU DO, DO NOT OPEN THE FILE!!!
> > >
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