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dunno, Rob, but I'm sure windows files aren't supposed to have icons like that. The date I think is the proper one for the real file. I never received the original message and just had a peek at the archive - it doesn't show there either. Very sus. best dave ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robin Hamilton" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2001 1:28 AM Subject: Re: Fwd: The virus and the hoax > david: > > I've got this there too, drunken swastika icon and all -- but the file is > dated 23/04/99 which would make it a bit early for this virus/hoax. Sure > you aren't seeing the "authentic" Windows file that the inauthentic Sulfnbk > is meant to overwrite? > > (Just done a global find, and no "Sulfnbk*" anywhere else [thank god!]. > Isn't the real [fake?] virus meant to write itself to another file?) > > Robin > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "david.bircumshaw" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2001 1:21 AM > Subject: Re: Fwd: The virus and the hoax > > > > 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. > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ > > > >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > > > > > > > > >