Er, the virus is real, I can see it on my win command directory. As I leave
my pc on all the time fortunately it's not activated. But my curses on
whoever flipped that into this list. I've tried disinfecting it with Norton
and that don't work nor does reinstating the original file from the win inst
disk.
it's a bugger. You can easy spot if it's there as it shows up with an icon
rather like a drunk staggering swastika.
regards
dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Weiss" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2001 12:46 AM
Subject: Re: Fwd: The virus and the hoax
> Jeez, Kent, if weird email messages are the symptom I must be Typhoid
Mary.
>
> Mark
>
> At 04:19 PM 6/1/2001 -0500, you wrote:
> >Well, OK, as a follow-up there is this. It seems it both is and is not a
> >hoax...
> >
> >kent
> >
> >
> >>From: Eliot Weinberger <[log in to unmask]>
> >>To: [log in to unmask]>
> >>Subject: The virus and the hoax
> >>Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 17:14:03 -0400
> >>
> >>Since I did indeed get the virus connected to SULFNBK.EXE, many people
have
> >>been sending me either the warning message or the message that the
warning
> >>message is a hoax.
> >>
> >>Please note here are two different things:
> >>
> >>On one side, there is a very real virus, which is sent as a SULFNBK.EXE
> >>file and which will lodge in your computer and automatically send itself
to
> >>everyone on your e-mail list along with random selections from your
> >>files.(Which is the virus I had).
> >>
> >>On the other side, all Windows programs have a legitimate file called
> >>SULFNBK.EXE which does something about long file names, and is not very
> >>important.
> >>
> >>If you have NOT received an e-mail with a SULFNBK.EXE attachment which
you
> >>clicked on, there is no problem. Your SULFNBK.EXE file is normal. (You
must
> >>click on the attachment to get the virus; just opening the e-mail will
not
> >>do it.)
> >>
> >>If you did, or think you did, go to Windows Explorer, find the file, and
> >>see if the SULFNBK.EXE has been modified recently. (Or you'll know if
> >>friends start complaining about getting weird e-mails from you.) You
should
> >>delete it, and then empty the trash. If for some reason you need it
again,
> >>you can reinstall it from the Windows program.
> >>
> >>As for the June 1 crash date-- which is probably a hoax, but who knows
> >>yet?-- it will only apply to those infected with the virus. And if you
have
> >>it, believe me, you already know it.
> >>
> >>In short, it is not a hoax in that the virus lodges in this file once it
is
> >>received, and it is a hoax in terms of the warning to EVERYONE to delete
> >>it.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
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