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Old May 29, 2001 | 09:18 PM
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Subject: Virus Alert


> THIS IS NOT A JOKE OR A HOAX PLEASE FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS THAT FOLLOW
>
>
> Important and urgent
> I just received the following message from CCC:
> Please act URGENTLY. VIRUS could be in your computer files now, dormant
> but will become active on June 1. PLEASE FOLLOW DIRECTIONS BELOW TO
> CHECK IF YOU HAVE IT AND TO REMOVE IT NOW. I FOUND IT AND REMOVED IT
> TODAY.
> It was brought to my attention yesterday that a virus is in
> circulation
> via email. I looked for it and to my surprise I found it on mine. ..
> please follow the directions and remove it from yours TODAY!!!!!!!
> I do not know how long it has been on my computer, but no Virus
> software can detect it. It will become active on June 1, 2001. It might
be
> too late by then. It wipes out all files and folders on the hard drive.
> This virus travels thru E-mail and migrates to the 'C:windowscommand'
> 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. Many major companies have found this
virus
> on their computers. Please help your friends !!!!!!!!
> DO NOT RELY ON YOUR ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE. McAFEE and NORTON CANNOT
> DETECT IT BECAUSE IT DOES NOT BECOME A VIRUS UNTIL JUNE 1ST.
> WHATEVER YOU DO, DO NOT OPEN THE FILE!!!
> Have a great day"
> End of the message
> Thanks.
>
> IF YOU ARE NOT SURE DO NOT SWITCH ON YOUR COMPUTER ON JUNE 1st THIS WILL
> GIVE YOU UNTIL JUNE 1st NEXT YEAR TO ERASE THE FILE.
>
> IT FURTHER MORE MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA TO DEFRAGMENT ALL HARD DRIVES AND DO
A
> DISK CLEAN UP AT THE SAME TIME

Well not being a computer expert I followed the instructions and found the file and all you wizz kids out there is this sh** or what
it would be nice to know
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Old May 29, 2001 | 09:41 PM
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Old May 29, 2001 | 09:46 PM
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Send this thread to the muppet forum!
I've just done a clean install of windows Me on a brand new hard drive. The only other software installed are my divice drivers.

SULFNBK.EXE is present on my system (installed as part of windows), so i can only assume that this is a hoax!!!

I'm not going to lose any sleep over it!
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Old May 30, 2001 | 12:38 PM
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Ahh the old hoax....almost as bad as a virus in some ways.
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