Fw: More News

[J. Forster]

THIS POST IS A HOAX.  LOOK AT THE SYMANTEC WEB SITE:

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/sulfnbk.exe.warning.html

BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING,

-J





Murray Grandy wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Bruce Cox
> To: Undisclosed-Recipient:;
> Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 9:24 AM
> Subject: More News
>
> Hello Again Senior Computer Users
> I received this information via e-mail and will pass it on for your benefit.
> Bruce
>
> I have some unfortunate news, but fortunate since we are
> catching it in time. I received an e-mail from a friend notifying
> me that her machine had been infected by a virus through a friend's
> address book and that since I was in her address book, it had
> probably spread to my computer.  I followed her instructions and
> she was right. I was able to delete the virus. The bad news is
> that you probably have it too, since your are in my address book!
> This virus lies dormant for 14 days and then kills your hard drive.
> here is what to do to protect yourself. Follow these instructions
> and then if you see the virus, send this e-mail to everyone in your
> address book.
> 1. Go to "start". Then to Find or Search. 2. In the search for
> files or folders, type this: sulfnbk.exe or sulfnbk 3. This is the
> virus. In the look in section, make sure you are searching your C
> drive. 4. Hit search or find. 5. If your search finds this filel,
> it will be an ugly blackish icon that will have the name sulfnbk or
> sulfnbk.exe. DO NOT OPEN IT. 6. Right click on the ugly icon, go
> down to delete and left click. 7. Send the file to the recycle bin
> if it asks you to do so. 8. Go to your desktop and double click on
> the Recycle Bin 9. Right click on sulfnbk.exe and delete it again
> or simply empty your recycle bin. 10 If you found the virus on your
> system, send this to all in your address book.
> >>Good luck,
>
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