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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I have been deceived! IT IS A HOAX. Please DO NOT follow
the instructions I sent in an earlier message. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I have received several e-mail messages explaining
how I have been duped, and I am copying a few of them here for your
convience:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><U>From Craig Walker</U></FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><EM>If you want to find out about this virus? alert
got to this URL. It also<BR>tells you how to restore the program if you
deleted it, thinking it was a<BR>virus:<BR><BR></EM><A
href="http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/sulfnbk.exe.warning.html">http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/sulfnbk.exe.warning.html</A><BR><BR></FONT><FONT
face=Arial><FONT face=Arial><EM><FONT face=Arial><EM>The program is a windows
program, but windows will run w/o it. The program<BR>enables you to use a
long name for a file name</EM></FONT></EM></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Craig </FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><U>From Felipe Sanchez</U></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial> </DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV><EM>The enclosed URL is most useful. The recent virus alert was based
on inaccuracies.</EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM><FONT color=#008888 face=Arial><B>Check Hoaxes: Urban Legends: <A
href="http://www.snopes2.com/index.html">http://www.snopes2.com/index.html</A></B></FONT>
</EM></DIV>
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<P><EM><FONT color=#008888 face=Arial><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. </EM>
<P><A name=w32mag></A><EM>SULFNBK.EXE is one of the files that the <A
href="http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32mag.html"
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"
onmouseover="window.status='W32/Magistr.aaMM';return true">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. </EM>
<P><EM>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
href="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q301316"
target=microsof>Microsoft</A>'s web site or on the Symantec page linked
below." </EM></P>
<P>I sincerely apologize for any inconvience this may have caused. I am
determined to be less gullible in the future, and to check out suspicious
e-mails first via <A
href="http://scopes.com">http://scopes.com</A> before I take action.</P>
<P>Best regards, </P>
<P>Joe</P></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>