>This is a HOAX.  Do NOT delete this file - it is a Windows operating
>system file.

Robert - Here's the question: why would someone pass this hoax onto 
BD Now!, especially in such detail?
This isn't just a hoax, the fix is actually sabotage. What do you 
make of it? -Allan

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At 12:42 PM -0500 1/10/02, tricia hankinson wrote:
>Read this info on the hoax.  From Symanatec, the Norton Antivirus people
>
><http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/sulfnbk.exe.warning.html>http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/sulfnbk.exe.warning.html
>
>Tricia
>
>
>Dear Friends:
>
>       One of my contacts informed me that she has inadvertently 
>transmitted a virus to my computer through her address book.  I did 
>find and delete the virus.   However, it has now, presumably, 
>entered your computer through my address book.
>
>       Luckily, it is easily deleted.  Instructions are written 
>below.  Please take a few minutes, now, to remove it from your 
>system.  Otherwise it will damage or destroy your hard drive in the 
>next week or two.
>
>       Instructions for Removing Virus:
>
>1.  Go to Start, then to Find or Search
>
>2.  In "search for files or folder" section, type in sulfnbk.exe. 
> This is the virus.
>
>3.  In the "look in," make sure you're searching Drive C
>
>4.  Hit "search" button or "find."
>
>5.  If this file shows up (an ugly blackish icon that has the name 
>"sulfnbk.exe"),
>DO NOT OPEN IT
>
>6.  Right click on the file.  Go down to delete and left click
>
>7.  It will ask if you want to send it to the recycle bin.  Say yes
>
>8.  Go to your desktop.  Double click on the recycle bin
>
>9.  Right click on sulfnbk.exe and delete again or empty the bin
>
>10.  If you find the virus, send these instructions to everyone in 
>your address book, because that's how it is transferred
>
>       It is also advised that you get the latest, updated virus protection.
>
>       Sorry for this trouble.
>
>                                                                   Eli Hiller

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