Thanks a million Fred for your information on that Virus SULFNBK. I did find
it and couldn't delete it in My computor, really had me going. Again Thank
you.
Joseph M Keeler
----- Original Message -----
From: Fred Finkbiner <fred(a)claynet.com>
To: <INCLAY-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 7:50 PM
Subject: Re: Check your hard drive before June 01
READ BEFORE YOU DELETE ANY FILES FROM YOUR COMPUTER.
This from a search on yahoo;
This particular email message is a hoax. The file that is mentioned in the
hoax, however, Sulfnbk.exe, is a Microsoft Windows utility that is used to
restore long file names, and like any .exe file, it can be infected by a
virus that targets .exe files.
As you can see, we ALL will have this file exactly where the warning says
BUT it SHOULD be there.
Check at ;
www.yahoo.com
search on the file name;
SULFNBK.EXE
This file CAN be a virus but you can NOT simply delete it without being
able to replace it with a clean file.
Decide for yourself on this one.
Fred
===================================
At 05:32 PM 5/30/01 -0500, you wrote:
>I received an e-mail from a cousin today about a new virus that will hit
>June 01, but could already be in your computer. I checked mine and it
was
>there. Please check your computer and delete it and notify
everyone on
your
>mailing list immediately.
>
>"This info came from a professional computer consultant.....
>
>Dormant Virus Alert
>
>There has been a new virus discovered, and has been shipping for a while.
>It may be laying dormant in your computer. 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 from 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 and delete it. DO NOT
OPEN
>IT.... Close the find 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. DO NOT RELY ON YOUR ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE.
McAFFEE NOR
>NORTON CAN DETECT IT BECAUSE IT DOWS NOT BECOME A VIRUS UNTIL JUNE 1ST.
IT
>WILL BE TOO LATE THEN. WHATEVER YOU DO, DO NOT OPEN THE FILE!!!
>
>FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS ABOVE, JUST GOING TO EXPLORER OR WINFILE WILL NOT
>WORK, BECAUSE EVERY TIME YOU TRY TO DELETE THE FILE, IT WILL CHANGE ITS
>NAME, AND GIVE A MESSAGE (CAN'T BE FOUND). BY FOLLOWING THE INSTRUCTIONS,
>THE FILE WILL BE MOVED TO THE RECYCLE BIN, AND CAN BE DELETED FROM THERE.
>IRBY
>A-TECH COMPUTERS"
>
>
>
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