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From: "Helen Jones" <>
Subject: [DOR] SULFNBK.EXE
Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2001 19:49:02 +0100


A lot fo you have fallen for this virus hoax. If you have, the message below
from Geoff will give you help.
Helen
Helen Jones, Listowner Dorset, Eng-Dorset-Life

www.melcombe.freeserve.co.uk

----- Original Message -----
From: "Geoff Riggs" <>
To: "Helen Jones" <>
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 11:54 PM
Subject: Re: LIST ADMINRe: [DOR] Warning


> Hi Helen,
>
> The SULFNBK.EXE virus hoax seems to have been causing widespread
> problems amongst family historians.
>
> Anyone wishing to learn more about it can read up on it via the
> web, at one of the Anti-Virus Alert Centres run by the
> manufacturers such as Symantec.and McAfee.
>
> I found the best explanation on it at:
> http://www.sophos.co.uk/virusinfo/articles/sulfnbk.html
> and its associated links, such as to:
> http://www.sophos.co.uk/virusinfo/hoaxes/sulfnbk.html
> There's also a general page on hoaxes and scares at
> http://www.sophos.co.uk/virusinfo/hoaxes/
>
> People have been taking the warning as genuine and deleting
> SULFNBK.EXE as instructed. Unfortunately, it's a system file
> which Windows apparently uses to deal with long file-names
> during back-up procedures.
>
> For those unfortunate people, who may think they'll have to
> reinstall Windows, invaluable instructions on how to recover the
> deleted file can be found at
> http://vil.nai.com/vil/virusSummary.asp?virus_k=99084
>
> Regards
>
> Geoff
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Helen Jones" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 8:11 AM
> Subject: LIST ADMINRe: [DOR] Warning
>
>
>
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