Guest guest Posted May 30, 2001 Report Share Posted May 30, 2001 Dear folks, Have received this from a friend and am forwarding it to you. i found the virus dormant in my computer ! although i have the necessary updated anti virus program! Good luck. lOVE AND LIGHT kIM > Hi Everyone,> >> > This is important. There is a dormant virus going around that is readyto> > activate on June 1st.> > I found this on my computer, as did several other people I> > know........please check yours..> >> > URGENT. A VIRUS could be in your computer files now, dormant but will> > become active on June 1. FOLLOW DIRECTIONS BELOW TO CHECK IF> > YOU HAVE IT AND TO REMOVE IT NOW. 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!!!!!!!> >> > Apparently 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:\windows\command' 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!!!> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 30, 2001 Report Share Posted May 30, 2001 Greetings to all, I'm sure Kim meant well but please look up virus threats before forwarding warnings. This is a HOAX. The following message was distributed by my employer. MOTOROLA INTERNAL USE ONLY **************************** DATE: 30 May 2001 TO: All Motorola Employees FROM: Bill Boni, Director Motorola Information Protection Services RE: New Hoax A new hoax has begun to circulate within Motorola. This hoax comes with the Subject " Please Act Urgently " . It encourages you to delete a file named SULFNBK.EXE and purports to activate on June 1st. Please ignore any messages regarding this hoax. Do not delete the SULFNBK.EXE file, as it is a legitimate Microsoft utility. Please do not forward this email to others. Passing on messages about this hoax only serves to further propagate it. Complete details about this hoax can be found at: http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/sulfnbk.exe.warning.html Namaste, Liz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 31, 2001 Report Share Posted May 31, 2001 Greetings! If you have already deleted the file you may go the url below to replace. " For more information about this hoax or for instructions on how to replace SULFNBK.exe if you have already deleted it, go to: * > http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=2274 " Namaste, Devasena Narayanan ----Original Message Follows---- Greetings to all, I'm sure Kim meant well but please look up virus threats before forwarding warnings. This is a HOAX. The following message was distributed by my employer. MOTOROLA INTERNAL USE ONLY **************************** DATE: 30 May 2001 TO: All Motorola Employees FROM: Bill Boni, Director Motorola Information Protection Services RE: New Hoax A new hoax has begun to circulate within Motorola. This hoax comes with the Subject " Please Act Urgently " . It encourages you to delete a file named SULFNBK.EXE and purports to activate on June 1st. Please ignore any messages regarding this hoax. Do not delete the SULFNBK.EXE file, as it is a legitimate Microsoft utility. Please do not forward this email to others. Passing on messages about this hoax only serves to further propagate it. Complete details about this hoax can be found at: http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/sulfnbk.exe.warning.html Namaste, Liz _______________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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