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From: Joe George <>
Subject: Re: [ANDERSON-L] Fw: VIRUS
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 08:56:56 -0800
References: <016501c1a360$ae7b7940$a0e2a23f@theleto>


DON'T DELETE THAT FILE!!!!!! THIS ONE IS A VERY OLD HOAX. THAT FILE IS THE ONE THAT ALLOWS
YOUR SYSTEM TO USE LONG FILE NAMES!!!

This sort of thing is the reason that all of these list forbid virus posts. Almost all are hoaxes. This one is real nasty
because it gets you to damage your own system.

Joe





The Leto's wrote:

> Yesterday I received an e-mail, telling me that there was a possibility that a virus was sent to my computer with the file name: sulfnbk.exe
> I checked and the file was on my C drive indeed. I deleted the file. The virus seems to open itself after 14 days and will do damage to the hard disk. In the meantime the virus sent itself to the e-mail addresses in the address book.
> Therefor I sent you this warning and ask you to check your c-drive for the program file sulfnbk.exe
> To do so:
> 1. Go to "start"
> 2. go to "Find"
> 3. go to "files or folders"
> 4. in "name & location": name: sulfnbk.exe
> location: (C:)
> 5. click "find now"
> 6. if the virus file is found it will show a black icon and de name: sulfnbk.exe
> 7. DON"T OPEN THE FILE
> 8. click the right mouse button on the file icon and click "delete"
> 9. send the file to the recycle bin and close the find window
> 10. empty the recycle bin
>
> If you found the file, please inform the persons in your addres book by sending an e-mail
>
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