>Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2001 20:57:51 -0000
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>Dear All,
>Sorry to be a pain, but I received the following message on my
e-mail this evening - and we don't know whether it's a hoax virus or not.This
virus is apparently spread from address book to address book and is as yet
undetectable by
>Norton or McAfee. It remains dormant for about 14 days and then
activates and wipes out the hard drive data. The following instructions are
for what to do about it (very simple to follow, even for computer nerds like
me) Apologies if
>instructions in such detail make you feel like I'm talking to a
two year old:
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>1. Go to 'start' - then to 'find' or 'search' depending on your
computer)
>and then 'files or folders'
>2. Type the name of the virus programme into the name box; it's
>sulfnbk.exe
>3. In the 'look in' box, make sure it says Drive C
>Click OK (or search or find or whatever is your computer's
equivalent)
>5. If this file shows up DO NOT OPEN IT i.e. DON'T left click
it (it has a
>thick black icon which includes the words 'look in')
>6. Instead, RIGHT click on it, then go down to 'Delete' and
left click to
>delete it (or send it to your recycle bin)
>7. Go back to desktop, then double click on Recycle bin to open
it
>8. RIGHT click on the offending file and delete again
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>If you do find this infuriating file on your C Drive I suppose
you'll have
>to warn all the people in your address book. The whole thing is
a nightmare...but it has persuaded me to make copies on
>disk of the stuff I value. One of our other friends recently
lost ALL her
>academic work when some virus wrecked her whole computer... say
no more.
>Anyway, have a very happy and virus (and other trouble) free
2002.
>
I found it on mine , sorry and Good Luck.
Carole
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