Virus hoaxes

[Donald Petrie]

This is my first submission to the Sundial List and, ironically, it is not about sundials. Having recently been a victim of the "Sulfnbk.exe" hoax, I thought that you should be aware of a valuable web site - http://securityresponse.symantic.com At this Gito home page, click on [Technical Support], then on the Symantic page, click on [Security Response]. Here you will find all kinds of information about virus threats and a Reference Area where you can find Hoaxes listed. Click on this and you will find a surprising number of virus hoaxes out there in cyberspace. If you have deleted "Sulfnbk.exe" and wish to re-install it, there are instructions on how to do so. (Sulfnbk.exe is a Windows utility used to store long file names; it is not required to run Windows). I agree that information about computer viruses should be shared as widely as possible. The above web site provides a good way to check them out.    Don Petrie.