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<DIV>The enclosed URL is most useful. The recent virus alert was based on
inaccuracies.</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#008888><B>Check Hoaxes: Urban Legends: <A
href="http://www.snopes2.com/index.html">http://www.snopes2.com/index.html</A></B></FONT>
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<P><FONT face=Arial color=#008888><B>"Origins:</B></FONT> Whether the
SULFNBK.EXE message was deliberately intended as a prank for gullible computer
users or an honest warning based on a misunderstanding, the instructions
listed above should NOT be acted upon. The file SULFNBK.EXE is a standard
component of the <NOBR>Windows 95</NOBR> and <NOBR>Windows 98</NOBR> operating
systems, a program used to backup and restore long filenames. Its presence
does not indicate that a user's PC is harboring a virus, and the unnecessary
deletion of this file can interfere with the normal functioning of a PC.
<P><A name=w32mag></A>SULFNBK.EXE is <I>one</I> of the files that the <A
onmouseover="window.status='W32/Magistr.aaMM';return true"
onclick='this.href="#w32mag";window.open("http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32mag.html", "sophos", "scrollbars=yes,menubar=yes,resizable=yes")'
onmouseout="window.status='';return true"
href="http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32mag.html">W32/Magistr.aaMM</A>
virus used as a means of transmission <NOBR>--</NOBR> infected copies were
attached to mail messages which copied them to the recipients' PCs. (The real
SULFNBK.EXE file should be found in the C:\Windows\Command folder.) However,
the mere presence of this file does not mean that a system is infected.
<P>You should not delete SULFNBK.EXE unless a virus-check program has scanned
the file and told you it is infected. (The lack of SULFNBK.EXE won't generally
cause a PC to stop working, but users who have removed it from their PCs
should make the effort to restore it to avoid potential problems.) If you have
already mistakenly deleted this file, you can find instructions for restoring
it at <A target=microsof
href="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q301316">Microsoft</A>'s
web site or on the Symantec page linked below." </P></DIV>
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