warning was hoax - don't delete.

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So sorry everyone - I feel an absolute fool having passed this on to you all

- it is a hoax, I just got panicky about the 1st of June part of it.

The file you were instructed to delete IS indeed a normal part of the

microsoft set up. Do hope you didn't delete it. Below is a letter from my

brother who checked it out before he did anything about it ( he's a bit more

IT than me!). Sorry if I panicked you into delting the file too, I think

you have to reinstall it somehow, but will have to check taht out.

APOLOGIES AGAIN

DAWN ROSE

>From: " Jeff & Jane Rose " <jrls21643@...>

> " dawn rose " <getdawnrose@...>

>Subject: Re: URGENT - VIRUS Warning! activates 1st June -SULFNBK.EXE

>Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 23:41:50 +0100

>

>Dawn

>

>I think this is a hoax.

>

>The way the warning is written is all wrong and I can not see how a file

>that is not yet an active virus can attach its self to e-mails and spread -

>that is what an active virus does.

>

> I have checked my computer and file is there but I also checked the kids

>computer and the file exists there too, the Kids computer has never been

>connected to the internet nor have any floppies been used on it since I set

>it up, so I think the file must have been part of the original Microsoft

>programming.

>

>I have run this past an IT friend of mine (he is an IT head for HSBC), he

>has never heard of this issue and also thinks it is probably a hoax.

>

>I have also been on the Microsoft Web and found that this file sulfnbk.exe

>is listed in the directory of file contents for Windows 98 2nd Ed CD-ROM.

>I

>therefore think it should probably be there and is not a virus, unless of

>course Microsoft themselves are now writing viruses and hiding them in

>there

>operating systems. see internet address below and check it out for

>yourself.

>

>http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q238/6/64.ASP?LN=EN-GB & SD=g

>n & FR=0

>

>However I will take the Info into work tomorrow and check it out with my IT

>department - I'll let you know the feedback.

>

>I'll also e-mail you a copy of the file to re-install if you want - once I

>get it confirmed as a hoax.

>

>In the mean time you might want to forward this on to all your friends

>advising them that they might want to hold off doing anything until they

>have check it out properly.

>

>

> Re: VIRUS Warning! SULFNBK.EXE

> > > > > > >

> > > > > > >

> > > > > > > > > Hi Everyone!!

> > > > > > > >

> > > > > > > > A friend e-mailed me as follows:

> > > > > > > >

> > > > > > > > Bob Halfyard:

> > > > > > > >

> > > > > > > > > THIS IS AN EMAIL THAT I RECEIVED THIS MORNING, AND SURE

> > >ENOUGH,

> > >IT

> > > > > WAS

> > > > > > > > > ON MY COMPUTER. CHECK YOURS NOW AND KEEP CHECKING IT UNTIL

> > >JUNE

> > > > 1!!

> > > > > > > > >

> > > > > > > > > It was brought to my attention yesterday that a virus was

>on

> > >all

> > > > of

> > > > > > > > > our computers here at work. 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 to 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

> > > > TO

> > > > > > > > > LATE THEN. WHATEVER YOU DO, DO NOT OPEN THE FILE!!!

> > > > > > > > >

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