Fwd: Fw: Virus - READ NOW!!!
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At 11:50 05/30/01, Alejandro Vazquez wrote:
>Note: forwarded message attached.
This is a dangerous hoax that offers advice that will damage your operating
system if you follow it.
See the following URL for details.
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/sulfnbk.exe.warning.html
To the original poster. Please check these things out before posting
them. And please learn to trim the zillions of extraneous headers and
e-mail addresses from your postings.
I hope no one has been damaged by following this idiot's advice. Yes, I
called you an "idiot!" Deal with it!
The FALSE information follows for reference.
JimH
>Dear Friends,
>Following is information I received this morning regarding a Trojan virus
>programmed to become active June 1. Because of the delay in activation,
>it does NOT show up on virus detection software such as McAffe or Norton.
>
>I checked my computer and found the virus, and so did several others on my
>e-mail address list. No one knows how long the virus has been in the
>system. It may have been there for several months already.
>
>On June 1, this virus will become active and wipe out all files and
>folders on the hard drive of your computer.
>
>The virus travels through e-mail and migrates to the "C:\windows\command"
>folder.
>
>To find it and get rid of it from 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
> Find the file and delete it
> Also delete it from the Recycle bin on your desktop.
>
>The GOOD NEWS is you should now be safe.
>
>The BAD NEWS is that if you detect the virus, you in turn need to contact
>everyone you have sent ANY e-mail to in the past few months, and share
>this warning with them.
>
>Do not rely on your anti-virus software. Neither McAffe nor Norton can
>detect this virus because it does not become a virus until June 1. On that
>date, it will be too late. Whatever you do, do not open the file!
>Note: forwarded message attached.
This is a dangerous hoax that offers advice that will damage your operating
system if you follow it.
See the following URL for details.
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/sulfnbk.exe.warning.html
To the original poster. Please check these things out before posting
them. And please learn to trim the zillions of extraneous headers and
e-mail addresses from your postings.
I hope no one has been damaged by following this idiot's advice. Yes, I
called you an "idiot!" Deal with it!
The FALSE information follows for reference.
JimH
>Dear Friends,
>Following is information I received this morning regarding a Trojan virus
>programmed to become active June 1. Because of the delay in activation,
>it does NOT show up on virus detection software such as McAffe or Norton.
>
>I checked my computer and found the virus, and so did several others on my
>e-mail address list. No one knows how long the virus has been in the
>system. It may have been there for several months already.
>
>On June 1, this virus will become active and wipe out all files and
>folders on the hard drive of your computer.
>
>The virus travels through e-mail and migrates to the "C:\windows\command"
>folder.
>
>To find it and get rid of it from 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
> Find the file and delete it
> Also delete it from the Recycle bin on your desktop.
>
>The GOOD NEWS is you should now be safe.
>
>The BAD NEWS is that if you detect the virus, you in turn need to contact
>everyone you have sent ANY e-mail to in the past few months, and share
>this warning with them.
>
>Do not rely on your anti-virus software. Neither McAffe nor Norton can
>detect this virus because it does not become a virus until June 1. On that
>date, it will be too late. Whatever you do, do not open the file!