VIRUS ALERT

[Joseph Kohut]

A virus alert was recently e-mailed to me. It is apparently transmitted by e-mail. By following the directions below I discovered that I was, indeed, infected. I followed the instructions and was able to get rid of it. However, since you are in my address book you  too may have been affected. The warning I received and the instructions on how to detect/disable it are given below:

Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 9:42 AM
> >Subject: VIRUS ALERT!!
> >
> >
> >> We recently received a virus from a friend, through our E-mail, and
> >> since you are in our address book, you probably have it too. We were
> >> able to delete the virus by following the instructions below. The
> virus
> >> itself remains dormant for 14 days and then it kills your hard drive.
> >> It is invisible to Norton Antivirus and MWEB virus fire walls!!!
> >>
> >> To remove the virus simply:
> >>
> >> 1.Go to "Start. Then click search and find files.
> >> 2.In the search for "files and folders type"sulfnbk.exe - the name of
> >> the virus.
> >> 3.In the "look in" section, make sure you are searching in drive C.
> >> 4.Hit the search and find button.
> >> 5.If your search finds this file, it will be an ugly blackish icon
> that
> >> will have the name sulfnbk.exe. Whatever you do DO NOT OPEN
> >> IT!!!
> >> 6.Right click on the file - go down to "Delete"and left click.
> >> 7.You will be asked if you want to send the file to the recycling bin
> -
> >> say "Yes".
> >> 8.Go to your Desktop (where all your icons are) and right click on
> the
> >> recycle bin and either manually delete the sulfbnk or empty the
> entire
> >> bin.
> >> 9.If you found the virus on your system, send this to all in your
> >> address book because this is how it is transferred.
> >> 10.If it does not show up on your first "search", then try a new
> search.
> >> Sorry for the trouble and our apologies for having unwittingly
> >> "infected" you, should it have been passed on to you.
> >>
> >> from Corinne Dennis

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