VIRUS ALERT

[jim allen]

Don't delete it, it is necessary to your computer.  This is the third time I have seen this virus alert. 
It is a fraud.

Jim Allen
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Joseph Kohut 
  To: GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU 
  Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2002 6:58 PM
  Subject: VIRUS ALERT


  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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