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From: "Jody & Rhonda Palmer" <>
Subject: [O-W] I FOUND THE FILE WHAT SHOULD I DO
Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 20:05:34 -0700
References: <00c501c0e89a$547168a0$ba3219d0@vucppqlj>


I FOUND THIS FILE ON MY COMPUTER! IS THIS LEGITIMITE OR A HOAX.
RHONDA
----- Original Message -----
From: Roland Elliott <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 4:51 PM
Subject: [O-W] RE; I found it on my computer so deleated it better look and
do the same if found.


>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 16 30 PM
> Subject: RE; I found it on my computer so deleated it better look and do
the same if found.
>
>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 12:38 PM
> Subject: Fw: POSSIBLE VIRUS ALERT
>
>
> I found SULFNBK.EXE file in my PC. Easy to find and delete using the
instructions below(even for computer dumby, me). Better safe than sorry.
Better take a look & action. Thanks Floyd!
>
> Jack
> ____________________________________________
> Subject: POSSIBLE VIRUS ALERT
>
>
> Sorry for the inconvenience, but just received the following message from
my daughter, and had similar results when I searched for the file. Don't
know where it came from, or if there is anything to it, but better safe than
sorry!
>
>
> "EVERYONE PLEASE NOTE:
>
>
> 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 through e-mail and migrates to the C:\windows\command
> folder. To find it and delete it off 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 (My comment: single click on
it, then click on "file" and "delete", for those just getting started. Do
NOT double click.).
> 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.
>
> 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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